LONGHORN OKRA PLANTS
Chris
By:
James
Mickey
Eric
Knowledge About Our Plants
 The scientific name of our plant is Abelmoschus
esculentus or Hibiscus esculentus
 The place of origin of our plant is Egypt
 We bought our okra seeds from Jim’s Nursery.
 It took about 6 days for our plants to germinate.
 The soil depth of our plants is two inches.
 We did not need to space our seeds out because of
the pots we planted them in.
 It takes about 90 to 140 days to harvest the
Longhorn okra that our group is growing.
Objective
¤ Our objective was to give the plants each a
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different amount of water.
To determine which amount of water made okra
grow the fastest.
The Methods Used For Our
Plants
 First, we put about two inches of soil in a planting
pot.
 Then, we put four seeds in each of the three
finger holes and covered them up with dirt.
 We watered them every other day according to
the amount of water that we decided to give
them. We also took them in and out of the
classroom for the sunlight.
Longhorn Okra Results
Longhorn Okra Grow th Graphs
9
8
7
Height in cm
6
Plant A (10ml)
5
Plant B (15 ml)
4
Plant C (20 ml)
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Num ber of Days
7
8
9
Results
• Slope Plant A (10ml) = (3-0.5)/ (6- 2)
= 0.625
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Equation
y = .625x – 0.75
Slope Plant B (15 ml) = (7.5 – 2)/ (9-3)
= 0.916
Equation
y = 0.916x – 0.744
Slope Plant C (20ml) = (8 -2)/ (8-2)
=1
Equation
y=x
Conclusions
• Our plants grew as we expected, the plants that
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had the most water grew the fastest. The plants
that had the least amount of water grew the
slowest.
We discovered that different amounts water can
affect how fast okra plants grow.
Plant C (20 ml) had the biggest slope ~1 and
grew the fastest. Plant A (10 ml) had the
smallest slope 0.625 and it grew the slowest.
No other groups grew okra, but our plants
growth rate was larger than any other plants
grown.
Conclusions
• Next time we would make the different amounts
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of water perhaps to include 30, 40, or 50 ml of
water. Will these amounts also show the same
trend observed in the 10ml, 15ml, 20ml?
We enjoyed doing this project it was the most
fun we had this year.
Eric will take the plants and transplant it in his
yard.
Role Of Each Member
ERIC’S ROLE
My role was helping
plant, water, collect
data, and constructing
the computer work.
CHRIS’ ROLE
My role was helping
plant, water, help
construct the computer
work, and collecting
and recording data.
JAMES’ ROLE
My role was helping
plant, water, collect
data, and to help
construct the computer
work.
MICKEY’S ROLE
My role was helping
water, collect data,
and help construct the
computer work.
ERIC
MICKEY
Thanks
JAMES
CHRIS