Plants For Kids
Bringing the science of plants to the classroom
The following experiment is a fun and easy way to see the
effects of plant hormones on a plant by growing an new
plant from a simple leaf cutting
These
are the materials needed to grow your own plant:
-African
violet leaf*
-Bottle or jar
-Aluminum foil
-Water-soluble plant fertilizer (an general fertilizer will
do, we used 20-20-20)
-Water
-Knife
*Other plants can be used like: Peperomia, and Christmas
cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii)
Methods:
Take a pinch of
fertilizer and put in the bottle or jar you are using.
Be sure not to touch fertilizer with your hands, use a
spoon!
Fill
the container with water.
Fit a
small piece of aluminum foil over the top of the
container
Make a small hole
where the leaf will fit in.
Now take a sharp
knife and cut a leaf close to the stem.
Stick
the leaf in the hole that you made in the aluminum
foil.
Make sure that just
the cut tip of the leaf is submerged in the water and be
sure to maintain the water level so that the leaf tip is
always submerged.
Roots
will begin to grow in about 3 weeks from the tip of the cut
leaf
The leaf and roots are now ready plant in a pot of their own!!!!
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