Encelia Seedlings – Round 2 Only days after my last post, I examined the newly watered trays and found them bursting to life yet again. Now that the weather has taken a turn for the better, I anticipate that these seedlings will have better luck. I will try to be a better plant mother this time and make sure that [...]
Encelia Seedlings – Mother Nature vs. Us Sorry for the delay in updates, but I have sad news to report on the seedling front. Due to the heat wave that came through Riverside during the second week of the project, the seedlings that initally germinated were unable to survive. The trays that the seeds were planted in were not deep enough to [...]
Encelia Seedlings – First Seedlings On Saturday September 19th, after only a single week of watering, the first seedlings of Encelia farinosa germinated in our trays. Since the seedlings are so small, I took close up pictures so that you can follow the growth. The are currently about 1 inch long with each leaf about 1 cm long. The student’s [...]
Encelia Seedlings – Planting Day Here are the initial pictures of the trays as of September 10, 2009. Once seedlings begin to germinate, I will update the pictures so everyone can follow the progress. Each flag is labelled with a number. I apologize if I have misspelled your name. I copied each as best as I could from what was [...]
Encelia Seedlings – About the Project At the Family Science Night on September 10, 2009, the Cal-IPC Student Chapter showed students how to plant seeds using Encelia farinosa. The trays that the seeds were planted in are being photographed weekly so that the students can follow the germination and growth of their seeds.
