Fast Plants Final Reflection

The fast plant lab showed me a lot. I realized how plants are not as simple as they seem! Crossing plants and maintaining healthy plants is not as easy as you would think. I am sad to say my plants died very fast. I had hope for them but it failed. The parent plants stayed alive for a week or so. Then, our F2 generation never even did anything. Eventually, all our plants died. My group did everything we were supposed to but they did not thrive. Maybe if we checked on them twice a day they would have redeemed themselves. Of course, genetics and the environment affect the phenotype of an organism. The phenotype is the physical traits. For example, color, height, and width. The environment is what affects this. No water or light will make the plants die out. Little things can affect the plants as well as how they grow. The perfect environment for them will allow them to thrive in many ways. This course taught me to expect the unexpected. I was excited for my plants to grow. I was excited to see what traits would be passed down from the parents and see how fast it would take. I really was interested in this topic and how the outcome would be. I was expecting a lot and it took a complete turn. A turn that was very unexpected. I would definitely like to try this experiment again. I would give more energy and time into it. I would hope for a better outcome. This fast plant project did not turn out how I wanted but it still showed me something and still interested me.