Reflection/Conclusion

Overall, the process of the lab was long, but interesting. First, the beginning of the experiment was stressful. The decision of 'how much to put' was critical. The thoughts that ran through my mind were: 'What if i put too much? What if I put too little? What if my plant dies right away?' Eventually, I made my decision, of course. I did not expect to see a result right away, but when I checked on it the container was already filled with moisture. It began with the moisture and soil rising, which then led to the physical changes in the plant. Now, despite the fact that the plant is still alive it no longer looks as healthy as it did before and its death seems near. The weaknesses of this lab were the differences in weather. For example, these past five weeks it has been a mixture of sunny and gloomy days. Another weakness is that the plant was already grown when  the experiment began. In other words, it had been under different conditions and there is a probability that it was given some plant food which helps it remain mature and healthy. This causes a defect in the experiment because it is a previous outside factor that could be controlling the plant. To get more accurate and better results, it would be safer and more accurate to begin with seeds and attempt to control a full growth of a plant. Another weakness is that despite searching information regarding the plant's living conditions, if one is suited to plant there is a chance that they might affect the results by the treatment in the plant when moving it to the container. This movement could have caused an injury that might have stunt the growth or begun its causation of wilting.Not just that, but the form in which an inexperienced planter attempted to set the materials in the container could have been improved with more knowledge regarding the situation.