Purple radish and arugula microgreens!
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All plants lean towards the sun to get as much light as they can. Sunlight is like food to the plants, and they bend their heads towards its shiny rays. This is called “phototropism.”
Even microgreens lean towards the sun.
PLG point-person Rachel McCaulsky reports on the PLG projects at 396K:
Project Green Reach Grant:
Eight classes (in-person & remote) were selected to participate in the Fall and Spring sessions of the Project Green Reach Grant! Students worked with educators from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens to explore plants.
Sustainability Project Grant:
P396K is the proud recipient of a Sustainability Project Grant! This grant allows us to purchase hydroponic gardens for our sites so that students can engage in year-round indoor gardening projects.Â
Peace, Love & Planet Grant:
P396K is the proud recipient of a gardening grant from Peace, Love & Planet. Peace, Love & Planet supports student lead initiatives that address environmental concerns enabling young people to become part of the solution while contributing positively to our community. Our students both in-person and remote sprouted seeds and planted fruit and vegetables.
In the UK, the spicy lettuce we know as “arugula” is referred to as “rocket.” (I know. So much cooler than “arugula.”)
The mature plant, which we eat, is dark green.
Here are two containers of micro arugula. The sprouts are surprisingly yellow…
The Purple Radish sprouted, but so did the mold. There may even be a little critter in the bottom photo.
The students sowed their first seeds! They planted peppercress and cilantro (which is also know as coriander). They recorded data in their science observation sheets.
Y53 may not be able to plant outside but we managed to grow mushrooms and celery; our lemon tree continues to grow; and a new avocado tree is in the works. So proud of this class!
Thank you Alanna O’Donnell, of P721K
From Stop and Shop supermarket, to seeding, to watering, to planting, to potting, to repotting, to flowering, to gardening, to…
Gherkin!
We had to get rid of four plants — the big gherkin and cucumber, the tomato and eggplant. They went outsides to try their luck with the polinators there, as they were not bearing any fruit.
The last indoor plant is the bell pepper. See its flowers?
We are bringing it outside now, so maybe there will be fruit come harvest time.
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