The Baby Plants
One of Little Miss' favorite snacks is chocolate milk with chia seeds and oats. She was sipping her milk while we were having our lesson about the parts of the plants when I told her that there are actually baby chia plants in her food. She found that hard to believe and so we decided to start this interesting Science experiment.
They were so tiny and they had been packed and they were not like those that we get from the vegetables that we grow in our garden.
Can the chia seeds and flax seeds that we use in our food really grow?
There's only one way to find out.
Experiment Time!
We simply couldn't pass on this very simple and easy experiment. The materials were readily available and it would satisfy the kids' curious minds. I've personally grown some flax seeds before for some micro-greens to add to the salads, etc. but I've not tried the chia seeds.
What We Need:
- some flax seeds
- some chia seeds
- reusable food tub from a take-away
- tissue paper
- water
- curiosity 😉
The Process:
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What Do Plants Need In Order To Grow?
"Mommy, don't plants need soil in order to grow?" Little Miss asked.
Ahhhhm, yeah... but the seeds can grow with just water for now. When the baby plants come out then we need to transfer them to the soil.
For now, this set up will do:
We covered the container to keep it moist.
Of course, we need to visit it daily and water it and make sure it does not dry up.
Did The Seeds Grow?
The following day, we checked our seeds and we saw them starting to open up!!
Are the baby flax and chia starting to grow?
Today is the third day and the baby chia plants are starting to show their little leaves. We noticed that the chia plants are growing faster than the flax.
At this rate, we will have some micro-greens for our salad. The photo above was taken this morning and now, a few hours later, they have grown more! Simply amazing!
On another note, we have another experiment that seemed to have failed already. We were trying to grow some roots from a piece of potato but apparently we used a bad potato and it is starting to rot. Too bad. We will have to re-do that one.
Really looooove this! My son is into chia seeds as well 😂 he can eat chia pudding every day...and not get tired of it. How old is she, if you dont mind the question?Maybe I've seen this info in your previous posts, but honestly I forgot in that case:D
I was thinking lately that I didnt do much on showing/teaching my baby boy gardening/food stuff, so I think I might start with this. We have also some books on gardening. So yeah, CHIA seeds is defintely a good start.
Oh, she's already 7. My youngest son is 6. Though we've done a lot of seed germination especially beans for our science lessons, apparently it is a bit different to process when the food you're currently eating is going to be the next project 😁
Ooh she's a big girl already! 🥰
That's true, their interrest might be bigger because of that. I'll give this a try for sure when I come back from vacation.
Greetings from Romania!
Excellent sprouting lesson! Potatoes like the dark when they get started. Give it another go, I say. Depending on your source, though, it may have been treated to keep longer and not sprout well. There's nothing like hands-on biology lessons!
Oh, thanks for the reference. I will read it before redoing the potato experiment.
So this is it? I want some of that, sis!
Yep sis. Pwede na kainin yang sprouts. Super healthy microgreens. 😍
Wow, the seeds grew out so wonderful. I am into vegetable gardening, I think I can use this technique in growing my crops. Have a nice day ahead.
They grow so unbelievably fast. 😁
That's a nice place for germination. You did a great job.
Thanks! It's easy and more importantly, it works. Hehe
waoo that's one of the experiments that children enjoy the most, besides teaching them the origin of things, it is extremely effective to awaken their interest in science and nature. I have never seen it the way you did it, very good technique.
Yeah, it's really amusing, even for me. The experiment actually went on as the sprouts grew taller and bent to follow the light. Really cool. Then "harvested" the sprouts to add to our salad.
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