super quick plants for school kids...

Hi everyone... i am helping out in a class and the teacher wants to plant some seeds with the kids..i know the obvious choice is cress, but does anyone have any other suggestions...i have heard that mustard grows quite quickly too, but was wanting something that the kids might be able to sample....


thanks

vickie

we used to grow broad beans in glass jam jars trapped against the glass by a tube of blotting paper filled with sawdust kept wet -- shows how seeds such as beans, peas etc split and grow. (Anyone who does not know what blotting paper -- ask your grandmother)
Can also grow bulbs visible in glass jars. Try school project type pages on goggle -- perhaps that will help.
To avoid any disappointment in case all goes wrong - class room too hot or kids forget to water etc -- keep a back up running at home. Cress is faster than mustard. Can also get kids interested in flowers such as coleus which gives a quick result. Sunflowers. Courgtttes produce a plant quickly but need lot of room to get to fruiting stage.
Best of luck -- its a good thing to do
R

How quick is basil, I'm not sure.  How quick do you need it to be?  They do all sorts of seeds to sprout now for instance I am growing red cabbage to be be eaten as cress size, mind you it is taking a long time to sprout a week so far and just a few.

At junior school we were given bulbs to grow a daffodil then they used to give seeds for candytuft and at the end there was a competition for the best, suppose competition is a dirty word in schools now though.

my wife is a teacher and every year - it would be "have you got any spare seeds for kids to grow on at school" - when do you need them for ? -- tomorrow -- Oh and a  few pots, some compost, labels etc please. Bagging compost by torchlight is a skill that only some of us master.
My daughter is now a teacher -- phone rings -- "dad" -- you can guess the rest.
Catch em young -- they will never forget the first wonder of seeds coming through
R

Its true my daughter is a teacher and always in a mad rush with things that should have been done earlier.

the beansprouts might be cool...i think the teacher is wanting to get them to grow something they can eat, but it needs to be quite quick...radishes, cress and some beansprouts may just be the way to go....

oooh...rocket....sounds good....

oooh....thats a good idea digalotty...i have a lottie so have plenty of seeds....i will put it to the teacher!   thankyou