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gardening help for science project

Maureen

2005-12-23, 5:55 pm

My DD has to do the science fair this year. She decided to do something on
hydroponics. So we get the hydroponics kit and get everything together and
then have to hunt for the stupid bean seeds. Mind you this is in November.
Didn't have a lot of luck finding bean seeds naturally. I ordered the seeds
online and just received them. Her teacher would not allow us to change it
to endive or something similar because DD did her research paper on bean
seeds. I tried explaining to her that the seeds were back ordered and was
not sure when they would come in. Finally got the seeds yesterday and we
have them planted today, but we are growing these in our basement with a
grow light (it is Chicago afterall and not perfect planting weather). These
are going to take 7 to 14 days to sprout and then we need to transplant them
into potting soil and the hydroponics kits.

DD now tells me that her project should be done by the end of break!! which
is the 3rd. Not gonna happen at this rate LOL!! Science fair is the end of
January, so I was hoping we would have some time to get this together, but
I'm not sure how cooperative her teacher is going to be

Anyone have advice on places, if any, where you can purchase seedlings and
have them express shipped?

Maureen

dianne7619@yahoo.com

2005-12-23, 5:55 pm

They close at 5 eastern time, which is in about 15 minutes, so I hope
you see this soon.

Gurneys.com - I got their number from their website. Whether they have
bean seedlings this time of year...I don't know, but this is their
customer service number - might be quicker than trying to sift through
the website.

513-354-1492

Maureen wrote:
> My DD has to do the science fair this year. She decided to do something on
> hydroponics. So we get the hydroponics kit and get everything together and
> then have to hunt for the stupid bean seeds. Mind you this is in November.
> Didn't have a lot of luck finding bean seeds naturally. I ordered the seeds
> online and just received them. Her teacher would not allow us to change it
> to endive or something similar because DD did her research paper on bean
> seeds. I tried explaining to her that the seeds were back ordered and was
> not sure when they would come in. Finally got the seeds yesterday and we
> have them planted today, but we are growing these in our basement with a
> grow light (it is Chicago afterall and not perfect planting weather). These
> are going to take 7 to 14 days to sprout and then we need to transplant them
> into potting soil and the hydroponics kits.
>
> DD now tells me that her project should be done by the end of break!! which
> is the 3rd. Not gonna happen at this rate LOL!! Science fair is the end of
> January, so I was hoping we would have some time to get this together, but
> I'm not sure how cooperative her teacher is going to be

>
> Anyone have advice on places, if any, where you can purchase seedlings and
> have them express shipped?
>
> Maureen

haggis

2005-12-23, 5:55 pm

You know, you can soak the beans in water for a couple days on the
windowsill and they'll sprout. From there, just keep damp and they
should take right off. Wait--you're doing hydroponics, so just keep them
wet. (Do you really need a kit for this?)

Of course, it makes a big difference what KIND of beans you're using.
Something big, like pinto beans, takes longer to soak. Something geared
toward sprouting, like mung beans (available at your friendly whole
foods shop) will blast right off for you. You probably don't want to
bother with beans in the grocery store because--though they do come
bagged straight from the fields (as evidenced by the occasional rock or
dirt clod)--there's no guarantee how fresh they are. If you get beans
specifically for sprouting, you shouldn't have to worry.

jeanne

Maureen wrote:
> My DD has to do the science fair this year. She decided to do something on
> hydroponics. So we get the hydroponics kit and get everything together and
> then have to hunt for the stupid bean seeds. Mind you this is in November.
> Didn't have a lot of luck finding bean seeds naturally. I ordered the seeds
> online and just received them. Her teacher would not allow us to change it
> to endive or something similar because DD did her research paper on bean
> seeds. I tried explaining to her that the seeds were back ordered and was
> not sure when they would come in. Finally got the seeds yesterday and we
> have them planted today, but we are growing these in our basement with a
> grow light (it is Chicago afterall and not perfect planting weather). These
> are going to take 7 to 14 days to sprout and then we need to transplant them
> into potting soil and the hydroponics kits.
>
> DD now tells me that her project should be done by the end of break!! which
> is the 3rd. Not gonna happen at this rate LOL!! Science fair is the end of
> January, so I was hoping we would have some time to get this together, but
> I'm not sure how cooperative her teacher is going to be

>
> Anyone have advice on places, if any, where you can purchase seedlings and
> have them express shipped?
>
> Maureen
>
>

Liz

2005-12-24, 12:55 am

What she said...plus, put the container on a heating pad to hasten
sprouting.

"haggis" <haggis58@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:mM-dnTfdXfYO5THenZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@comcast.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> You know, you can soak the beans in water for a couple days on the
> windowsill and they'll sprout. From there, just keep damp and they should
> take right off. Wait--you're doing hydroponics, so just keep them wet. (Do
> you really need a kit for this?)
>
> Of course, it makes a big difference what KIND of beans you're using.
> Something big, like pinto beans, takes longer to soak. Something geared
> toward sprouting, like mung beans (available at your friendly whole foods
> shop) will blast right off for you. You probably don't want to bother with
> beans in the grocery store because--though they do come bagged straight
> from the fields (as evidenced by the occasional rock or dirt
> clod)--there's no guarantee how fresh they are. If you get beans
> specifically for sprouting, you shouldn't have to worry.
>
> jeanne
>
>
>
> Maureen wrote:

Blupencl

2005-12-24, 12:55 am

Is there _nothing_ _on_ _earth_ that the people here don't know about?
It never stops amazing me.

MT stuff, yeah. But bean sprouts and hydroponics? My, we are all very
smart. I say WE because I just happen to be standing in the room....

--
Blupencl

jmorngstar@aol.com

2005-12-24, 10:53 am

Becky, isn't that just the truth.

If it wasn't such a short time frame, I was going to offer to have the
beans sent to me, as I have sunshine 360 days, and temperature going up
to 80 degrees.

Janice

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send

2005-12-24, 10:53 am

Blupencl wrote:
> Is there _nothing_ _on_ _earth_ that the people here don't know about?
> It never stops amazing me.

One good quality of a good MT is a penchant for learning, and generally
that tends to spill over into everything.

Before I did MT, I proofread textbooks (another job that evaporated to
India and to computer-generated work from hand-done work), and it was
wonderful. I got to learn all this stuff, I didn't have to take tests,
and I even got paid for it.

In all the years I proofread textbooks, there were only two books that
were boring. One was on soil types -- learning the differences between
the 7 different types of sandy soil and the 4 different types of clay
soil (or whatever) put me to sleep in a hurry, and another one was on
how to make traffic intersections more efficient when you don't have the
luxury of rebuilding it from scratch, and even that one would have been
okay if they hadn't spent the largest part of the book explaining in
great detail all the different ways to do traffic counts and what all
you need to count and what the significance is between the different
ways and when you might want to use one method over another.

Although I will admit that I was FURIOUS (along with everybody else) at
the elementary math series that didn't want children doing actual
calculations except for estimating after about 3rd or 4th grade but only
to do it on a calculator, but that wasn't the only reason why we were
furious -- the book was riddled with errors all the way through, and not
only that, but every single time someone was laying bricks it HAD to be
a lady, and every single time someone was baking a cake it HAD to be a
man *rolling eyes and wondering why a 50/50 split wouldn't have been
acceptable*.

And I was pretty disgusted at the textbook that tried to teach algebra
and ecology at the same time and failed miserably at both.

Maureen

2005-12-24, 10:53 am

Thanks to everyone who responded. I actually did try to call Gurney, but it
was after hours. I have the seeds now in those goofy little seedling
starters, some specifically for soil and some specifically for the
hydroponics. They are soaking in a decent amount of water, under the grow
light, on the heating pad, and covered with saran wrap. Hopefully they will
begin sprouting soon.

With any luck, the teacher will give us some extra time, because the full
extent of the project just isn't going to come to fruition in the time
necessary. I still think they should just tell these kids - no botany
projects like this under the circumstances (time of year and length of time
provided) especially since the teachers have to give final approval for
projects and you don't get that until the end of October/beginning of
November.

I knew you guys would be able to if not find seedlings, at least be able to
point me in the right direction and give decent advice and once again, you
proved me right

)

Maureen
"Liz" <lizhug1@mycomcast.net> wrote in message
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> What she said...plus, put the container on a heating pad to hasten
> sprouting.
>
> "haggis" <haggis58@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:mM-dnTfdXfYO5THenZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>

Anne Vasquez

2005-12-24, 12:53 pm

It's just amazing, isn't it? My friends and family even ask me to post
questions here sometimes, because they've heard me talk so often about
how, no matter what the subject, there is always SOMEONE here who has
answers! :-)

Blupencl wrote:
> Is there _nothing_ _on_ _earth_ that the people here don't know about?
> It never stops amazing me.
>
> MT stuff, yeah. But bean sprouts and hydroponics? My, we are all very
> smart. I say WE because I just happen to be standing in the room....
>
>