So, I am a preschool educator (more on that soon) and am always on the look out for a viable project to do with the kiddos. Spring almost always brings on the reduce reuse recycle unit and as much as I love talking about the environment, most kids grasp the concept immediately and dont need to hear about it for weeks on end. How do I keep them entertained? I did a green onion project the year before the pandemic where the kids used toilet paper rolls and milk cartons to plant green onion regrowths. Watering and caring for them teaches them about plant growth and responsibility. If you put them in a pot or the ground you can have perpetual green onions. This year as we went back to class? Cereal boxes became race cars, houses, laptops, and photoframes. Fun, right?
two years and still going...
So whats next? Welp, ive been experimenting with producing my own seeds for both personal and educational purposes. So I've been hearing for years you can take the tops of carrots and produce seeds with them to cheat the system and provide yourself with carrots by growing them. In return, I get to teach more about the plant life cycles I love. Can I do this with kids? This is what I'm embarking on finding out. Meet the carrot top project.
six amigos....
and their home.
These are my contestants. Your average everyday supermarket carrots. Now, there are a few factors going into this. They could not grow at all because sometimes farmers/manufacturers will put growth retardant on produce to keep you from doing this exact thing and regrowing their product. Now, another factor could be that these may be hybrid carrots. If they are, well we're going to have fun figuring out what type of carrot happens when theyre planted. I think these guys came from my organic bag at least. So lets put them in water..
two days later...you see the little nubs coming out.
two weeks later...the amigos have some tops.
A week later two of the amigos have rotted out and not made the cut, but we have four amigos with leafy tops to put in the dirt and continue on into the journey...lets see where they take us.
until next time!
Love and experiments,
KC aka Lane.
I always likes those garden experiments in school :D We used to grow beans in a glass of water and net.
Or some little seeds on soaked cotton.
Never did the carrot one.
Sorry for the two amigos....
We do beans for the sake of the kids being able see the parts of plants like roots, stems, and leaves. I often try to relate them to body parts to help them understand better. I love garden projects moreso than classroom pets or similar ideas. Kids get excited about seeing things grow.
Sokay, 70 percent is better than none!
Wow what a great job, I have never done this with carrots so thanks for sharing.
I have two other seeding projects going on with bok choy and yellow onions going on, if you're interested I'll post about them.
Ah nice never seen Buk Choy grown, We regrow onions alot
Nice work
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Hey wow nice garden! It looks like you're growing all the things that I'm growing!
Huh, wonder why...oh that's right...roommates.
Best roommate garden evaaaaaaaaar
Until im fielding through the carrots at 1am...
It's important to teach children about plants. Without plants, all human and animal life on Earth would disappear. But maybe we shouldn't mention that factoid to the kids, it's a bit alarming! All they need to know is we need to take care of the plants : )
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