I’m leaning towards doing this trial for 2 more days because all the seeds are at/approaching max germination. Beyond day 15 I’ll keep my eye on the D2O sample to see if there is any sprouting, but it looks like it is becoming a race against evaporation.
Second to last day!
I’m going to start naming this series RC2: Day X so it’s a little shorter for me to type out. Notice there are two new samples to keep track of. I’m doing percentages of D2O in both DI water and deuterium depleted water.
Post about setup is coming soon and so will the live results page.
DOI: 10.15200/winn.142721.17035 provided by The Winnower, a DIY scholarly publishing platform
Last day, hooray! Final preliminary (how’s that for an oxymoron?) thoughts coming tomorrow.
DOI: 10.15200/winn.142721.17120 provided by The Winnower, a DIY scholarly publishing platform
Not too long ago I setup a mini experiment where I tried to fix the seeds to the bottom of the analyslide using beeswax in one sample and nail polish in another. I also tried to fix the issue of evaporation with beeswax. While that test is inconclusive because the sample volume is too large to tell (and because I can barely see into the beeswax container) I have been using the seed growth as a control. In the two other samples, so far there is no seed growth. I’m assuming that the nail polish has introduced toxins to the seeds. Also for some reason, the beeswax sample isn’t growing either. This just goes to show you that natural isn’t always healthy!
With that said, I have sealed the new set of Crumley experiments with nail polish (the same kind used here) and now I’m hoping that the nail polish doesn’t seep into the sample and kill everything. Even if it doesn’t I should be skeptical of the results because of the introduced chemical. *Sigh* Maybe I should just scrap this trial and start over with the new seeds…
Ideas?
Looks like there are a few sprouts already…
DOI: 10.15200/winn.142721.17125 provided by The Winnower, a DIY scholarly publishing platform
It should be noted that I shifted all the seeds around in most of the samples so there was a decent distribution in the center of the sample as opposed to being near the edges and near the meniscus. Hopefully everything will remain like this and I won’t have to ever touch the samples for the next 10 days.
DOI: 10.15200/winn.142721.17131 provided by The Winnower, a DIY scholarly publishing platform
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