Observation of germination and development of bean/pea seeds.
Start date 4/25th in dishes
Transfer to dirt 5/5/14
variable
Control
Bean
Pea
12 hr light/
dark
beans
6 hr light/ 18
dark
beans
24 hr dark
beans
peas
24 hr light
beans
Heat
Heat/dark
Beans
Peas
70F
Soaked with
water
Time of
emergenc
e of
hypocotyl
Time of
Days til
emergence cotyledons
of
(6-10)
epicotyls
Appearance
Day 10/ height
(transfer)
Day 14
appearance/
height
Appearance
before hormone
treatment
15 cm, cotyl
1 epicotyl 
1/ day 4
2/day 6
3/10
1/day 10
3/ day 4
5/day 6
2/day 6
5/ day 10
0/day 4
0/day 6
2/day 10
3/day 4
3/day 6
5/ day 10
+
Peas- 5 cm, 2 x 3
cm (green);
foliage leaves
start
2/day 6
3/day10
3/ day 4
4/ day 6
4/day 10
1/ day 10
3/day 4
4/day 6
4/day 10
4/day 10
2/day4
5/day6
1/day4
3/day6
5/ day 10
9.3, 11.4,7.6, 5.5,
9.5 cm (white
stems with yellow
leaves)
*1/day6
2/day 10
1@8cm;1@
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cm;1@ 4.5
All w/ 3 or 4 sets
of foliage leaves
All green 
0
8 cm; 5 cm; 6 cm;
11cm
0
Change to 2 pea
(control)
1@11cm; yellow
3@ epicotyl
Bean is dead
MONSTER
18.3(3),22.9(3),
21.7 (3), 19.2
(5), 22.3 (5)
cm/sets, stems
are white,
yellow leaves
0
Extra long
internodes, pale
Appearance is the
same
green
1 epicotyl + 2
more
Change to 2 pea
(control)
green
0/day 4
2/day 6
5/day 10
4/day 4
0/day 4
0/day 6
0/day 4
3/day 4
0/day 6
2/day 6
+/day 6
Peas: leaves
turned green day
14
3 peas: 6 cm, 4
cm, 8 cm
green
Mushy
(changed to
catnip) 57 foliage
Beans
0/day1014
leaves, green with
amino acids
peas
5/day 6
3/day 4
5/day 6
5/day 10
Orientation
Beans
5/day 4
O/day 14
0/day14
peas
5/ day 4
4/ day 6
3/day 10
No water
Beans
peas
Acidic water
Beans
Ph 6.1
Ph 7.2
Peas:
Heat 1st
Heat 2nd
0/day 4
5/day10
0/day14
0/day6
4/day 6
1/day 4
0/day 4
1/10
0/day 4
0 / Day 4
1/ Day 6
0/ Day 10
0 / Day 4
2/ Day 6
4/ Day 10
7cm,6cm,3cm,2.
5 cm, 1 cm
0/day 14
0/day 14
3.5 cm (2),
0
Beans with a
hypocotyl and
epocotly with
amino acid
0
O beans, changed
to peas from dark
1 epicotyl
1/day10
4/day 10
2/day 6
10.5cm(10
leaves),
8.5cm(12), 8(10),
3(1), 1(1)
Changed to catnip
3/day 10
1/10
0/ Day 10
Pretreat: No
growth
0/ Day 10
1.8 cm
1.Gibberellans
2.Fertilizer 10-1510
3. Potassium
Pretreat: 1 @ 4.6
cm, 1 @ 1.4 cm