The Terrible Avocado Experiment: Things get interesting...

Well it is Wednesday, which means update time! And this time I will even include pictures, woohoo! Anyway, again not much has really happened, but it's only been just over a week, so I guess not much is going to happen. Here are the pictures for the update.

This is the can in my window, as you can see not much has changed. The water has turned a rust color, and ants seem to like it, but that's about it. As you can see it is getting plenty of sun, as it is in a south facing window. And anyone who is anyone knows the sun rises across the southern horizon in the northern hemisphere!

This is the can outside that is in the soil. I found a worm while digging outside so I put it inside too, as well as some compost. Added a little water, and now you can't even see the seed, although it is just below the surface.

Can # 2 outside, also the control of this experiment. It lost the most water (for reason that are pretty obvious if you know science-y stuff, but if not, it's because of evaporation and a lack of cover). It might just be me, but I kind of get the feeling this one isn't going to make it very long. I don't know, what do you think?

And last, but certainly not least is the seed in the makeshift greenhouse. This one, not surprisingly, lost the least amount of water (see explanation for can #2, then know that condensation, or basically rain, is why it lost the least amount of water). However, I have my doubts about this one as well, mostly because I don't know if it's getting the nutrients it needs, if any. But if that was the case, I guess the one in the soil would be the only one to do anything...



Well there you have it, another wonderful update on the terrible avocado experiment. Leave comments with what you think will happen, or any other questions or suggestions you might have. So until next time, thanks for tuning in and bye for now!

The Terrible Avocado Experiment: The Genesis Plus

As promised I am going to update everyone on The Terrible Avocado Experiment. Unfortunately I Procrastinated and didn't take any pictures, so I will upload those tomorrow with some explanations for them. Nothing much has changed, seeing as it's been less than a week since I've started, but there are a couple things I'd like to mention anyway. 1st, I need to be sure and water them more often. The can sitting outside with no cover and no soil was nearly empty when I checked it today, and that cannot be good. Secondly, and you will see it with the photos I upload tomorrow, the can under the tupperware blew over the night I set everything up, so to remedy that I simply piled rocks around it. This will prevent it from blowing over again, but still lets in the light from all angles as before. Other than that, not too much has happened. i just have to be a little more active in the experiment and make sure they have enough water every day. Otherwise this experiment will go all wrong, and I can't let my fans be disappointed.

So once again, thank you to all my fans and followers for all your support, I never would have made it here without you. I'd also like to give a shout out to Atley who inspired me to start this experiment in the first place and all the pointers he's given. Thank you all, and to all a good night!

The Terrible Avocado Experiment: The Genesis

 Well after much work and toil, and waiting for the avocados to ripen so my mom and sister would eat them, the experiment has finally begun. 4 avocados are now sitting in their cut up aluminum cans ready to sprout into the world. In case you have forgotten, or are too lazy to click a few times and look for yourself, I will recap what the experiment consists of. One avocado is sitting in my window sill. The other three are sitting just outside my bedroom, one inside a plastic container (a makeshift greenhouse), the second in a can with just water, and the third in a can with good quality soil and some water. The three avocados that are in water are also in the water at varying depths to test if the immersion has anything to do with growth. One is nearly completely submerged, one is only about 1/3 under the water, and the remaining is somewhere in between. The avocado that is most immersed is in my window sill, the middle is outside uncovered and the least is in the "greenhouse." But you don't have to take my word for it... here are some pictures!

These are the four avocado seeds in their four perspective soda cans, each can approximately 9oz in size. From left to right it goes like this. A: in my window, deepest submersion; B: outside with no cover, middle submersion; C: outside with cover as shown, least submerged; D: Outside with no cover, submerged in water and good quality soil.

This is a close-up of Can A

Can B

Can C

And you guessed it, Can D












Now, my personal hypothesis, based on absolutely no specific research or special knowledge of botany (study of plants in case you didn't know), I'm going to say the one in the "green house" will do the best, simply because it is not drowning in water and it will get plenty of sun without losing water. Anything that evaporates will condense and come back down, while the others will lose any water that evaporates. I will water them on a regular basis, but that is my theory for now. Updates will be posted every Sunday and Wednesday by 10pm. Wish me luck, and feel free to share any ideas or theories you have as well.

The Terrible Avocado Experiment! Con't

Well I suppose I should keep all my adoring fans updated on what's going on right now with the experiment. Due to strange northern Nevadan weather, it has been slightly postponed. However I promise the fun will soon begin. My mother and sister have eaten 2 of the 4 avocados, and I have the soda cans ready to go, as well as all the materials needed for the experiment. Now I'm going to base the results on weight gained by each individual plant, both as a solid number and percentage of weight gained.

I was going to post pictures tonight, but at this time I am just too lazy to do that. It will be no longer than 3 days before I get started though, so be ready. I am also going to be starting a new blog soon, basically giving reviews of the top 50 action movies of all time. More information on that later.

The Terrible Avocado Experiment!

Okay, so just as I promised, I will now begin my experiment on avocado seeds in different environments... unfortunately my camera has gone missing and I am unable to take pictures for now... But all is not lost, for the internet is a wonderful thing full of many pictures of avocado seeds and other people doing their own experiments. Not that I will only use other's pictures, I don't do that... But for the mean time, their pictures should suffice because I'm pretty sure for the most part all avocado seeds look pretty much the same. I'm sure by the time something starts happening I will have found my very own camera and I will post all the pictures I can. Anyway, here is the gist of my experiment...

To start, I'm going to keep one seed suspended in a soda can in my room where it will get light for most of the day (I have a south-facing window), and it is usually 65 degrees or more. This will be the control as it has the best circumstances for plant growth. The second one will be outside of my window, also suspended in a soda can where it will receive about the same amount of sunlight, but will be exposed to colder temperatures at night and also pests during the day. A third one will be outside in  makeshift greenhouse where it will be exposed to the same cold temperatures at night, but without the pests during the day. The fourth and final avocado seed will be outside in a plastic bottle in good quality compost and soil. This is to see if good quality soil makes any difference at all. Now I'm sure there are a lot of people who already know what the outcome is going to be, and I could just as easily look it up myself. But what's the fun in that?

Yes, I know this blog was much longer than my others, but please bear with me. From now on they will be considerably shorter because I won't have to explain everything. I will simply post pictures and say what's going on. Now I do have somewhat of a life, so I will not update every day, however I will most likely do it 2 to 3 times a week. Thank you again for all my supporters out there, I couldn't have done it without you.

Soon to come... Something else to waste your time with!

Hello to all my fans out there, I just want to let you know that soon, and very soon, I will be starting a new blog. This will be about a simple experiment that I'm doing mostly because my friend really wants me to, but also because it sounds interesting. I'm going to grow avocado seeds in various environments and see which one grows the fastest and which one grows the most. I'm not exactly sure what the experiment is going to be quite yet, but I will let you all know as soon as I think of something. Well, thanks again for all the support, I couldn't have done any of this without the support of my multitude of fans out there. I'm gonna keep it coming!

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