Influence of Soil and Soil Drainage on Plant Development

Colby Davis, Michael Schmidt, Kaden Fritz

Abstract


Whitcomb and Deco pots were utilized to test the effect of drainage on the growth and development on Wisconsin Fast plants. We found a permeable soil in a low drainage situation will allow the Wisconsin Fast plant to best express its genes and the average height of the plants in permeable, low drainage soil was more than double the height of the closest competitor.

Keywords


Whitcomb pots; Deco pots; drainage

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