Thursday, November 12, 2009

Does the amount of humidity affect the growth of tulip plants?

I already asked a question earlier about the same as this, but I needed to specify. Does the amount (A lot, Little, None) of humidity in the air affect the growth of a tulip plant largely? Any links would be helpful...

Does the amount of humidity affect the growth of tulip plants?
tulips will wilt in a humid or hot weather, they need a cool climate to grow.So the tulips harvested each year gets lesser and lesser,but the price of a tulip gets higher a higher. probably $10000 for 1( a joke )
Reply:OMG!! i did this project for science fair!!





more specifically, my question thing was "how cna a simulated weather condition affect the growth of a plant?" i used a bulb plant, the amyrillis minerva (no tulips in home depot). the results were waht i'd expected.





bulb #1 was put in the freezer. i watered it according to the snowfal of my hometown, edison, new jersey because snow melts and stuff.





bulb #2 was left at room temperature and watered according to when the soil was dry at the surface, about once a week because my project was done in decmber. there's limited humidity in my house.





bulb #3 was put in the laundry room. it gets really warm in there cuz of the washer and dryer's constant use. i calculated the humidity and found it to be only 3%.





the results?





bulb #1 never bloomed until after i took it out the freezer and spring came. (i live in the panhandle) this took about two months





bulb #2 also bloomed in spring, only slightly earlier than #1. i kept it inside my house.





bulb # 3 bloomed before its sisters. i saw its flower in january.


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