Life and Death of a Peanut - Olivia

Day 3

Root has grown longer and is pointing downwards. Seed coat is dropping off. I noticed it has a curved end. It seems healthy as it is fat.

Day 6

I was puzzled why my peanut split into half and my leaves grew before my shoot. I checked the Internet and found that different parts of the seeds grow at different times according to different conditions. My leaves probably grew first as there was insufficient food in the plant.

Day 14

Seed died!
I reflected why my plant died. There were a few days when I was too busy to remember to water my plant. Due to lack of water, my plant could not receive enough carbondioxide and oxygen. It could not photoynthesise!