Are my flower's to close together?
Question:I have a science fair project due in a couple days so for my project, my question was whether or not a plant grew faster near its own kind of plants or if it is alone and issolated. However, i needed to do research and i can't find anything on google or ask.com about facts that deal with plant surroundings. If you can give me any information about plants and their surroundings that might help me with my research, that would be awesome!
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A good science project would have been to plant flowers in both conditions and observe what happened. In addition, the results will vary depending on the characteristics of the plant - space matters for some plants and not for others.
I'd suggest you focus on one group -- say trees, because there's a lot of information out there. Contrast natural growth patterns (often trees are too close in the wild and it restricts their growth) with cultivated growth recommendations (orchards, landscaping).
plants need 3 things to grow, proper sunlight, food and water and bees of course to polinate!
Some plants do better when planted near certain other plants and may do poorly when planted near something else. Look up something on organic gardening and plant partnerships.
There are scientific reasons for these plant partnerships. For instance, plant A releases a mineral, enzyme or other substance into the soil which plant B utilizes. Some plants release a natural pest repellent into the soil and plants nearby benefit ( example -those little French or pot marigolds repel destructive microscopic soil nematodes). Some plants release a toxin that inhibits plant growth around them. Alfalfa releases a growth inhibitor for it's own seeds. This probably protects older established plants from becoming overcrowded. There are many examples of these plant partnerships and defenses but not all of them are found in an encyclopedia.
I am an avid gardener and it has been my experience that the plant itself is grown only by the way it is handled, not by way of its own kind being surrounded. You have to consider type of soil, ph, lighting, and planting directions on plant tab inside your flower pot. Some plants like to have lots of sunshine, or air, water, or shade to grow properly. Some are bug resistant, others might bring infestations to others. Some need to be pollinated by bees in order to survive while others are self seeding, some are annuals, some are every year springers (they come back). Bulbs, tubers, etc. In other words, the simplest way to explain this is: In nature, in the parks, things grow better in their own habitat than outside their habitat. Shade trees grow better in shade, wildflowers need to grow wild because they spread to survive their species. Good luck!
Making sure plants grow well anywhere is by knowing the origin of the plant itself and what type of temps and conditions it does best in. You might look up just a name of a plant in Google and see how it is best grown to get a better understanding of what to look for while doing the study. Lots of gardening books are available at the library or the internet.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/plants/g... Try here. I do know that it differs with each plant. Some take more space to grow. When we planted our gardens we always planted 4 to 5 seeds, like corn, then when plants came up we'd always weed them down to 2 because the wouldn't grow right with that many plants in one hole. Also if you plant hot peppers close to some sweet peppers, the sweet peppers will take on the heat of the hot ones. There are too many factors to make one general answer. I googled planting plants. Hope you find something that will help. Have you tried the Agriculture Dept. site? Some where you should find your answer, and it shouldn't be that hard. Lots of luck.
Other than sun for photosynthesis[the process by which plants form carbohydrates from carbon dioxide. inorganic salts, and water through the agency of the sunlight, acting upon chlorophyll], plants can grow alone and isolated. As far growing faster among other plants, possible, plants give off oxygen so the more oxygen in the air the better the plant might grow. Good project. I grow plants professionally, but in one house alone the are 14,580 plants just on tables alone and then there are 40 more green house with the same amount of flowers. A greenhouse full of plants has a cooler temperature than an empty one with the same air flow. Hope I helped alittle
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