[mike0001]

this is my little girls school experiment but thought it would be interesting on here as well

simple plastic clear cup, with wet tissue and broad bean on inside, this bean was put in on the 2nd Jan and the other day it cracked open... fascinating to watch it every day... well my little girl and I think so  

I will pop up a pic ever 2 weeks or so to see how it goes

first pic 14th jan

[DD.]

I remember doing that when I were a lad - must have been nigh on 50 years ago! 

I had to sellotape the growing bean to my book shelves as it grew. Must have got to about 5' high.

Looking back, it was, I suppose, my first lesson in leggy seedlings! 

[sunshineband]

Children just love this experiment don't they?

Get her to guess whether that is the root or the shoot out first.... always the same of course  

[JayG]

Yup - remember that one from my schooldays, although I think it was an old jam jar and blotting paper rather than a fancy plastic beaker and extra-strength tissue.

My fascination with what happens to a boring old bean seed when it gets a bit of moisture remains to this day. 

I have to credit Doug Brightmore, my Botany and Zoology teacher at the time with inspiring me and many others with his genuine enthusiasm and great knowledge of both subjects. 

[mike0001]

very old experiment/projext but still loved to this day... she has just turned 9 and since i got my alotment she wants to get involved with everything i do which is great.... simple little thing but she will learn so much from it

she has to do a 100 word sum up as to what happens to it 

[Agatha]

This brings back lovely memories - growing from seed is still one of the things I love best about gardening after all these years!

[RichardA]

interesting twist is that we put beans in several different orientations incl upside down and then watched as they coped and got to grow in any case. We had our own little plots at school and worked in teams as "gardening lessons". Not sure who got the produce though............
That was well over 50 years ago and it certainly helped me love gardening although initially my dad and  both grandads and living in a farming village was the trigger.
R

[RJR_38]

As a teacher I always do this with my classy- they loved growing their own plant - especially when it flowered

[shoozie]

I remember doing that when I were a lad - must have been nigh on 50 years ago! 

I had to sellotape the growing bean to my book shelves as it grew. Must have got to about 5' high.

I'm intrigued to what happened next ..... 

[DD.]

It went like my daughters.

Unable to stand on it's own and support itself!

[shoozie]

  

[mike0001]

It went like my daughters.

Unable to stand on it's own and support itself!

 

[Elaine G]

I remember doing this experiment a school too.
Unfortunately my biology teacher failed to inspire me (he drank) and I dropped it at 13!

Strange then that the most exciting part of gardening for me is when the seeds so carefully sown pop up through the soil 

Elaine

[Peas let my pumpkins grow]

I remember doing a bean which we ended up taking with us for a week in caravan and then a week at my nan s in Cornwall - a very well travelled,leggy plant that didn't survive long enough to produce anything

In another school year I did something similar but not with beans I don't think? It was a clear pot with kitchen paper and then we put food colour in it  I have no idea what it could have been...

Hopefully this will be something your daughter thinks of in 30 years time when  someone asks what got her into gardening first 

[mike0001]

Jan 18th

My little girl could not wait to tell me the next chapter






She wants to know what happens next ?