Only Design, Lab Report Example

Objective

The goal of this experimental design is to conduct research with regards to which types of fertilizing products are the most effective for facilitating plant development. The production of fertilizer from biodegradable waste materials would be extremely efficient and diminish the increasing problem of waste disposal. The design of the experiment is to research the development of which category of fertilizer is the most effective for developing mung beans and tomatoes.  In this experimental design, the substances which are required for the germination of the mung bean and tomato sperm will be explored. Collection A consists of two  planter’s pots which will be used to gauge the effects of organic fertilizer and  collection B will be labeled as the planter’s pots where two planting pots will receive the inorganic fertilizer (Sangakara 1; Shen 235; Tonfack 168)

Five mung bean seeds were planted in addition to five tomato seeds in the planting pot which had been labeled A. Five mung bean seeds in addition to five tomato seeds were planted in the planting pot which had been labeled B. All of the plants received water two times a day. The chemical inorganic fertilizer was applied to the soil by means of a sprayer for the plants which had been maintained in the planter’s pot labeled B.

Research Question

The research question which will be explored is the following: Do the mung bean sprouts and the tomato sprouts develop more effectively with organic or inorganic fertilizer?

Controlled, Dependent and Independent Variables

The controlled variables are sunlight, and water. The dependent variables are the development of the mung bean and the tomato plants in planting pots A and B. The independent variables were the amount of organic and inorganic fertilizer allocated to the mung bean and tomato seeds.

Introduction

Waste administration involves the gathering, treating and disposal or recycling of waste products. The waste products which are organic in their aspect which include plant by products, food waste and paper waste can be reused by the compost and digestive processes which are applied for the decomposition of organic substances.  The organic material which is manufactured as a result of these recycling processes can be transformed into compost or mulch which can be applied for agricultural outcomes.  The desired result of processing waste products by means of digestion and composting is to speed up the processes of decomposition which take place in nature (Martiin 172).

In the event that the organic fertilizers are proven to be more effective and cost avoidant, money can be accrued in third world economies which can be applied toward the betterment of society. This research is significant due to the aspect of being able to contribute this knowledge to the agricultural producers with regards to which type of fertilizing agents are the most effective and cost avoidant (Martiin 172; Sangakara 1; Shen 235; Tonfack 168).

Methodology

Materials

1. Ruler 30 cm ± 1 cm
2. 10 mung bean seeds
3. 10 tomato seeds
4. Four planter’s pots
5. One gardening spade.
6. One plastic spray bottle for the inorganic fertilizing solution 250 ml ± 1 ml.
7. One watering jug.
8. One cup of inorganic fertilizer
9. Fruit rinds from bananas, onions, apples and oranges.

Procedure

1. The empiricists collected all of the materials which were required in order to facilitate the germination of the mung bean seeds and the tomato seeds. Several kilograms of fertile soil were extracted from the local garden.
2. The fruit rinds were applied in order to produce an organic fertilizing agent. These fruit rinds were composed of twenty grams of onion rinds, twenty grams of apple rinds, twenty grams of orange rinds and twenty grams of banana rinds. These rinds were ground into homogeneous mulch.
3. Subsequent to the manufacture of organic fertilizer, one spoon of inorganic fertilizer was measured and added to 200 ml of water in the plastic spray bottle. The spray bottle had an uncertainty of ± 1 ml.
4. The garden spade was applied in order to place the soli into four of the planting pots. The collection A was reserved from the plants which received the organic fertilizer which had been produced from the fruit and vegetable rinds. The collection B was reserved for the planting pots which received the inorganic fertilizing agent which had been dissolved in water. The planting pots in collection A were saturated with the fertile soil and combined with forty grams of organic fertilizer mulch. The collection of the planting pots which had been labeled B was filled with soil and no organic fertilizer had been added.
5. Subsequent to the preparation of the planting pots which had been labeled A and B the seeds were inserted into the soil. A ruler was used in order to ensure that all of the seeds were inserted to a depth of 2 cm into the soil which had been contained in the planting pots. In the collection of planting pots which had been labeled A, five mung been seeds were placed into one of the planting pots. Five of the tomato seeds were placed into the other planting pot in collection A. In collection B, five of the mung bean seeds had been placed into one of the planting pots in collection B. Five of the tomato seeds were placed into the other planting pot which had been labeled collection B.
6. The mung bean seeds in collection A and the tomato seeds in collection A had received water which was taken from the watering jug. The plants in the planting pots in collection B also received water. In addition, the soil in the planting pots in collection B was gently sprayed with twenty ml of the inorganic fertilizing agent solution.
7. Subsequently, the two planting pots from collection A and the two planting pots from collection B were positioned on a windowsill where they were protected from the effects of wildlife and were able to receive direct sunlight.
8. All of the planting pots were watered in equal amounts. The interval for watering the plants had been twice daily for a period of fourteen days. A ruler had been applied in order to measure the development of the mung bean sprouts and the tomato sprouts in the planting pots which were in collection A and B.

RESULTS

Collection A

 Collection B

Discussion

In the seven day period the mung beans which had been planted in the planting pot label collection A which had been treated with the organic mulch grew to thirteen centimeter. The tomato sprouts which were in the planting pots labeled collection A which had been treated with the organic mulch grew to a height of four and a half centimet3ers in height. In the second week, the mung beans which were collection A which had been treated with the solution of organic fertilized grew to twenty eight centimeters in height. In the second week, the tomato sprouts which were in the planting pots labeled collection A which had been treated with the inorganic fertilizer solution had grown to as height of nine centimeters.

In the first week of development, the mung beans which were in the planting pots which had been labeled collection B grew to a height of eleven centimeters. The tomato sprouts which had been in the planting pots which had been labeled collection B which were treated with the solution of inorganic fertilizer grew to a height of four centimeters. In the second week, the mung beans which were collection B which had been treated with the solution of organic fertilized grew to twenty eight centimeters in height. In the second week, the tomato sprouts which were in the planting pots labeled collection B which had been treated with the inorganic fertilizer solution had grown to as height of nine centimeters.

Research has demonstrated that there is slight distinction in the development of plants which are treated with organic fertilizer in contrast to inorganic fertilizing products (Martiin, 172; Sangakara 1; Shen 235; Tonfack 168). In the first week, the mung bean sprouts developed to a height of 13 cm high whereas the tomato sprouts developed to a height of 4.5 cm in height.

Works Cited

Martiin, Carin. The World of Agricultural Economics: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2013. Print, 172.

Sangkara, U.R et al.“Impact of inorganic matter and method of addition on selected soil parameters, growth and yields of mungbean grown on a minor season in the Tropics.” University of Peradinaya, Peradinaya, Sri Lanka. Institute of Organic Agriculture, University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences , Gregor Mendel Strasse, Vienna., n.d., Web 29 March             2014<http://www.researchgate.net/…impactoforganicmungbean>

Shen, Q.R. & Z.G. Shen. “Effects of pigmanure and wheat straw on growth of mung bean seedlings grown in aluminum toxicity soil.”  Bioresour Technol 76.3(2001): 235- 2 240.Web. 29 March 2014< http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmed/11198175>

Tonfack, Libert Brice et al.”Impact of organic and inorganic fertilizers on tomato vigor yield and fruit composition under tropical andorsol conditions. Fruits 64.3(2009): 167- 177. Web. 29 March 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/fruits/2009-012