One of a Kind

Ancestral Brassica Oleracea

    We are currently experimenting with Romanesco. Our broccoli is definitely starting to take its shape. If i could say anything about our plants parents, it would be that they start out pretty small and leafy. We could decide what our plant would have by seeing its chromosome, if we had the tool for it. They would get these traits by probability or the dominance that the mother or father had. The plant will pass its genetic information to the next plant generation by the dominance or recessive trait that it has. They will most likely look like their parents. 

    All the broccoli plants look different because they all have different traits that were given to them from their parents. The Brassica must have mated with all different kind of plants to make so many different species. 

    

Living or Not

Plants are living. Our plants have grown a lot from when we first planted them. They started out really small and weak but have gotten stronger and larger. Some characteristics of living things is they grow, reproduce, react to their environment, and are made up of cells. Plants also share these characteristics. Plants react to their environment just like humans do. For example, if you over water the plant it will start to droop. This happens because the plant cells get too full of water and burst, making the plant unable to support itself.

Analysis of the Garden and our Plants

 Some of the abiotic factors that our plant depend on for survival, are sunlight, temperature, and the amount of water it gets. The biotic factors that affect the plant include animals and other plants. Our plants are in competition with the larger plants around it. Our plants are a little smaller than the others so it has to compete for sunlight and space. Usually the way “winners” and “losers” are determined is by size. The larger plants over power the smaller ones, and the smaller ones end up not surviving. However, it doesn't always happen that way, it depends on the plants and the environment. Another type of interaction is plant and animal interaction. Animals like caterpillars use the plants for food. This can affect the plant by making it weaker. Succession is the process of change in an ecological community. I think in our garden secondary succession is happening.