Week 2 Group Peanut Mini Project Report

Peanut (Week 2)

Plants' progress:

This week, we only watered the plant regularly a week. Amount of watering is 500 ml for each pot.

 Determining the Soil pH

These are the result of separated soil pH according to pH paper method and pH meter method.

Pot	pH paper	pH meter
A	5	5.71
B	5	5.69
C	6	7.79
D	5	4.77
E	6	6.41

Determining Soil Sample Texture by Textural Triangle 

These are glass jars containing all five soil samples, (Photo taken a week after the experiment was first conducted)

Soil Sample	Sand Height, cm	Silt Height, cm	Clay Height, cm	Total Height, cm
A	2.3	0.1	0.6	3.0
B	2.3	0.5	0.1	2.9
C	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.0
D	5.5	1.3	0.2	7.0
E	3.1	0.7	0.2	4.0

The calculations are as follow:

From the calculations above, it can be concluded that:

Soil Sample A                    Soil Sample B                    Soil Sample C

Loamy Sand                          Loamy Sand                             Sand

Soil Sample D                                    Soil Sample E

Loamy Sand                                        Loamy Sand

Week 2 Plants Observations (9th of May 2017)

Pot A

         i.            Watering amount: 500 ml 

       ii.            Germination rate: 0

      iii.          Average plants' height: 0

     iv.            Deficiency symptoms: none

       v.            Mortality rate: 0%

Pot B

         i.            Watering amount: 500 ml

       ii.            Germination rate: 50%

      iii.          Average plants' height:  17.46cm

     iv.            Deficiency symptoms: White on leaves

       v.            Mortality rate: 0%

Pot C

         i.            Watering amount: 500 ml 

       ii.            Germination rate: 80%

      iii.          Average plants' height: 14.3 cm

     iv.            Deficiency symptoms: yellowing on leaves

       v.            Mortality rate: 0%

Pot D

         i.            Watering amount: 500 ml

       ii.            Germination rate: 50%

      iii.          Average plants' height: 15.78cm

     iv.            Deficiency symptoms: white on leaves

       v.            Mortality rate: 0%

Pot E

         i.            Watering amount: 500 ml 

       ii.            Germination rate: 90%

      iii.          Average plants' height: 20.33cm

     iv.            Deficiency symptoms: white on leaves

       v.            Mortality rate: 0%