Grayson Diamond Story of The Seed

Q: What have you learned?

A: I have learned that only after a few weeks my kale plant had grown substantially. Getting to see the leaves curl and begin to color I realized that my plant was a part of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles and that Abiotic & Biotic factors affected it.

Q: What surprised or amazed you?

A: I was surprised to see how fast my plant grew compared to the other local species of plants.

Q: What made you laugh?

A: I nearly laughed when I tasted the Kale. It had it's typical kale flavor, but because I hadn't had tasted Kale in a few years, and my taste palette had completely changed, I was astonished to near hysteria because of the exotic flavors.

Q: What made you pause and think a little deeper?

A: When I evaluated my Kale plant under a microscope I saw the vibrant colors and major veins in the plant. I paused in shock and took some time to think of how small things can be. I always thought that whatever I did wouldn't make such an impact in the big scheme of things, but upon viewing the plant I approached the conclusion that such a small thing can have such a big use and purpose then I, just one man can have such a impact on our world.

Blog Post #4 -Viviana Aguilar

The ones that so called "survived" would be a winner you could say and the plants that have had died would be the losers. But it is hard to tell if a plant has had died. For example, if a worm or a different insect had bitten into a leave it doesn't necessarilly mean the plant has died. It's also hard to tell if the plant is doing well and doing not so well. The plants and the worms living in the soil are mutual at this point beside the competition. Worms are very useful in many different ways. I believe that the garden can be a success. 

Blog Post Assignment #4 - Haely Guerrero

Our plants depend on a few abiotic factors for survival. Some of these are sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, soil, and other things. These factors are important because without one or the other, our plants would surely die. Though, i wouldn't say our plants depend on any biotic factors, they don't really depend on other producers, consumers, or decomposers.

Our plants are most definetly engaged in competition right now. Our plants are competing for sunlight and water. They compete with the weeds and other plants of the class for it (though we don't kill anyone elses plant.)

Well, i guess the ''winners'' would be the ones who survive and the ''losers'' would be those who die. Except, to tell who is a winner or loser is quite hard because if a bug took a bite out of your plant it doesn't mean its game over. It also makes it complicated because the plants might be doing better off than the others and you wouldn't be able to tell.

All our plants take part in atleast more than one interaction. Besides competition, we also have mutualism with our plants and the worms living in the soil. The worms bring more water and air into the soil, where the plants live, and they in return get a meal by decomposing other dead plants.
I suppose in a way there might be succession in our garden, seeing how we brought in new plants to it. If it is succession, i believe it would be secondary succession because there is already soil. It would also be a secondary succession because we had grasses growing in the garden before we had planted our own plants for the project. So, in a way, i guess there is succession in the garden.

Blog Post Assignment #3 - Haely Guerrero

This week I've noticed quite a change in our plants. They've grown back some leaves back, and are much bigger now. The red hue in their leaves is also much more noticeable now. Though, there is a hole in one of the leaves which has grown much bigger now.
There was recently rain this week, giving our plants lots of water. Plants participate in the Water Cycle by using their roots to draw water to the stems and leaves. This means our plants have gotten a lot of nutrients since then! Some of the water is returned through a process called transpiration. Transpiration is where water is carried out through the stems and leaves of a plant and returned to the Water Cycle as vapor.
Our plants also have a role in the Carbon Cycle. Plants use a process called photosynthesis which let them take carbon dioxide and add it to water. This is combined with sunlight to create sugars and oxygen, so our plants have made lots of sugars and Oxygen!
There is just one more cycle our plants have taken part in- and thats the Nitrogen Cycle! Plants take part in the cycle by using a process called Assimilation, which is how plants get Nitrogen! Plants absorb nirates through their roots which is used in amino acids, chlorophyll, and nucleic acids. They also take part by Ammonification. This happens when a plant or animal dies. Decomposers turn the nitrogen from them back into ammonium so it may re-enter the Nitrogen cycle, So our plant has taken part in many processes during this time!

My name is Viviana Aguilar and I've only lived in San Jose. I have never planted/grew anything. My grandparents garden. They grow a bunch of fruits depending on the season.

My name is Luz Lopez and i was born here in San Jose California. I have lived out of state only once in my entire life to visit my family in Mexico. Even though it was only for the summer, i loved the experience and hope to come visit them again. 

I don't think i have ever grown food before but i have seen some grow. I saw a small orange plant grow into a giant orange tree right in my back yard. It was sort of  struggle to keep the tree healthy and beautiful but it was worth it to have juicy oranges to eat through the year. Some members of my family know a lot about gardening but i know only one who knows more about it and that is my grandmother. When i went to go visit her in the summer, she showed me all of her flowers and plants that she grew and still takes care of. She planted tons of flowers. Not only flowers though, she planted vegetables too, to use them for her incredible cooking.

Hello, my name is Haely Guerrero, i live in California, San jose. Though most of my family come from Arizona, i was born here.

I've rarely and almost never gardened although i do remember that once i had helped planted some flowers in our front yard when i was 6. Sadly, the flowers died after a while, seeing as i was only a child who didn't know how to take care of a plant. However it was quiet fun and i actually quite wish i could do gardening as a hobby. I'm not really the type of person to cook, so i don't cook very much. On the other hand though, i am aware there are some family friends who grow and cook their food. I haven't ever gotten a chance to meet them or see them but i bet what they make is delicious!