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Plants
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gotcurry23
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- Project Question: How does chlorine affect the rate or percent of seed germination?
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Plants
How does chlorine affect the rate or percent of seed germination?
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Re: Plants
Hi,
A great place to find information about how chlorine affects seed germination is on google. Use similar terms that you used here "Chlorine seed germination". A few experiments come up for the links, but there are more that discuss it further.
Thanks,
Jenny
A great place to find information about how chlorine affects seed germination is on google. Use similar terms that you used here "Chlorine seed germination". A few experiments come up for the links, but there are more that discuss it further.
Thanks,
Jenny
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Re: Plants
Hello gotcurry23!
To add on to Jenny's post, I suggest you check out this really cool website from Ohio State University: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/pdf/3085.pdf. It has a detailed protocol for experimenting with hot water and chlorine, and explains how to measure the seed germination after immersing them in chlorine. The pictures are also very helpful.
I also found a website that provides a bit more information on the factors that control the rate of seed germination: https://www.highmowingseeds.com/sb-fact ... seeds.html. It might come in handy when you're trying to evaluate the degree of chlorine's effect on the seed's germination rate in isolation from these other environmental factors.
Enjoy!
Ktsshao
To add on to Jenny's post, I suggest you check out this really cool website from Ohio State University: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/pdf/3085.pdf. It has a detailed protocol for experimenting with hot water and chlorine, and explains how to measure the seed germination after immersing them in chlorine. The pictures are also very helpful.
I also found a website that provides a bit more information on the factors that control the rate of seed germination: https://www.highmowingseeds.com/sb-fact ... seeds.html. It might come in handy when you're trying to evaluate the degree of chlorine's effect on the seed's germination rate in isolation from these other environmental factors.
Enjoy!
Ktsshao