Experiment: Day One

I started the day by trying to figure out what to do first. I knew that I needed cups and something to hold them, so I first grabbed a bunch of styrofoam cups and a tray. How many cups did I need? Well, I had eight liquids in mind, and I wanted to have at least three beans per liquid (just in case some of them were defective)... so altogether I had twenty-four cups and (lucky me) they fit into the tray.

You might be wondering what kind of beans I decided to use. While Jack's Magic Beans would have been great, I settled for Bush Beans because we had some at home.

As for the dirt, I'm told that nothing is better than Miracle Gro, and as my baby beans deserve nothing but the best, I decided to make them as happy as possible.





Then I created some labels and labeled all the cups.



Next I added two inches of dirt to each cup and put those cups into a tray. After that I put a bean seed into each cup. When that was done, I put another inch of dirt in on top of each bean.



Then I poured the different liquids into their labeled cups (there were three cups for every different liquid). Finally I put the cover on top of the tray and that's all there is today.