Yes, I have tried to replicate it. Haven't reported yet as I have a
control version coming along.
In my original, I used water boiled on the stove in a ceramic pan, and
in the microwave in a glass measuring cup. I used a digital thermometer
to boil them to the same temperature. I also did distilled water.
I used cucumber seeds in pop up peat pots, each soaked and expanded in
it's own water. I did my best to plant the seeds to the same depth. This
was not a blind experiment. The stove water seeds sprouted earliest, by
two days, but other than that there has been absolutely no difference in
size of cotelydons, or in color or vigor of the sprouts. Each little
peat pot was thinned to two sprouts and they are now happily growing on
my porch in bigger pots. At the point of transplanting I ceased the
experiment, and all are now watered with tap water, and doing great,
though the stove water sprouts are still a teeny bit ahead of the other
two, it just is not a really obvious difference at all. You have to look
closely. I don't feel there is much if any importance in the stove
watered seeds sprouting first, as I have done seed startings in the past
with usually 6 pots of the same seeds, and even when watered with the
same water from the get go, one or more pots will often sprout earlier
than the others and thrive better too.
Originally I had intended to use purchased plants for my trial, but
could not find even two sufficiently the same size and condition.
sol
larry tankersley wrote:
For the past 16 days I've watered two Irish ivy cuttings; one with
water brought to a hard boil in a 500W microwave and one with water
brought to a hard boil on an electric stove top.
A glass container was used for both. Each plant was planted in the
same size and type pot with Scotts metro mix 200 growing media. Each
was watered once every 3 days with 1/4 cup from identical storage
containers. This was/is a blind study as I still don't know which
plant is getting which water. As of day 16 both plants are doing
equally well. I have not been able to repeat the results of the
science project reported on the silver-list.
I'm wondering if anyone else has tried to replicate the original
findings.
larry tankersley; Gainesville,Florida USA
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