This past week we planted Warba seed potatoes! We began by examining the potatoes. As scientists we used our observational skills to look closely at them. We brainstormed words to describe the characteristics of the potatoes. We learned that they had eyes and sprouts on them. We measured the potato being careful not to knock the sprouts off and we counted the number of eyes and sprouts it had.We recorded our findings on paper using a diagram and labels!
Before we planted our seed potatoes we made signs for our pots so that people wouldn't touch them while they are growing. It was lots of fun working together as a group to create a sign!
Then it was time to get planting! First we mixed fertilizer in with
some soil, and then we added our potatoes.
We were careful to space
them out in our pots so that they don't get too crowded as they grow.
Once all the planting was done we worked as a team to carry the pots around to the gym door so we could put them in the foyer. Mrs. Betts was amazed at how well we could work together to carry such a big pot!
We brought them into our
front foyer so that they can get lots of natural light from the
skylight. We also gave them some water. We know that the potatoes will
need four things to help them grow - air, water, sunlight, and
nutrients from the soil. We will move the pots outside once it's not so
cold at night. How long do you think it will take until we can harvest
our potatoes?
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