Personal Photo
Please excuse the shot glasses
For an ongoing class lab, we are each growing our own sunflowers in cups. These sunflowers will ultimately be transplanted into a community garden near campus because they are thought to remove lead from the soil. Since our community garden is located in an urban area, it possibly contains lead as a result of many years of vehicle pollution.
I think Gustav (my sunflower) was a late bloomer and I thought I was going to have to get another seed. When I left for a debate trip on February 19th, he still had not sprouted and just looked like an empty cup. I came home to this after the trip!
I have been watering Gustav faithfully and leaving him where he can get some sunlight during the day. As of today, Gustav measures eighteen inches tall!
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