Sengkuang Mini Project



Group Members:



BS16110606 BONIFACE BIN JOSS (Captain)
BS16110520 AINAL FARZANAH BINTI ALIDUAN
BS16110706 NGO YI HONG
BS16110141 NUR SYAZNI BINTI MOHAMAD SAINAL
BS16110543 ELVIANA ELVI YAMOH
BS16110542 NUR AIN SYARVEENA BINTI KAMISE

Sengkuang Report (week 1)(CLICK HERE)
Sengkuang Report (week 2) (CLICK HERE)


Sengkuang Report (week3) (CLICK HERE)
Sengkuang Report (Week 4) (CLICK HERE)
Sengkuang Report (CLICK HERE)

MATERIAL PREPARATIONS:


(1) 5 recycle plastic pots that can fit in about 5 litres of soil.
~ Make holes at the bottom of the pot for drainage.

(2) The team need to collect four type of soil (6 litres each).
~ Collect different type of soil texture such as clay, silt, loam and sandy.
~ 1 type of soil will be provided from Mengkabong Lagoon.

(3) Conduct soil pH test and soil texture triangulation for soil texture type for the report.
~ Dry at least 500 gram of each of the soil.
~ Before air dry outside the lab, take the wet soil weight measurement for each soil.
~ Measure the dry soil weight after completely dried. Then keep dry for further analysis (nutrient and heavy metal).

(4) Give the same amount of water for each watering session(tap water). Example 500ml water for each pot. Water twice a day, in the morning and afternoon during week days.

(5) Ruler/measurement tape
~ to record the growth of the plant.

PROCEDURE:

(1) Air dry some of soil samples (about 500gram) for heavy metal and macronutrient analysis.
~ Before soil are dried outside of the lab, take the measurement of wet soil weight.
~ The week after if the soil is totally dried up, take the measurement of dry soil weight.
~ Keep soil dry until further analyse.

(2) Fill up the pot with soil and cover the seed with soil (2cm deep). 

(3) For 1 pot sow 10 seeds each and space them apart from each other, so you can dig out several whole plants  at 2 weeks old carefully out from the soil without disturbing other seedlings.

(4) After two weeks dig out 3 (2 only cos germination is low) whole plant from each pot including the root carefully. Measure the length of the whole plant from root to shoot, root length and shoot length. Weigh the weight of the whole plant clean without soil after plant in dried state.Keep record.
Repeat for a month old plant.

(5) Analyse the nutrient content of the soil.

OBSERVATION RECORD:

(1) Germination rate for each pot.
(2) How long does seeds start to sprout an emerge from the soil for each pot.
(3) Mortality/Survival rate of the plant growth.
(4) Growth of the plant of each plant for every week.
(5) Any deficiency symptoms such as yellowing of the leaves.
(6) Nutrient content of the soil.
(7) Moisture content.
(8) Length of whole plant, root and shoot part separately at 2 weeks and a month old. Wet weight and Dry weight of whole plant without any soil attach.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS:


(1) Among five type of soils which is fertile for growing Sengkuang.
(2) How does different soil textures affect the Sengkuang growth.
(3) Nutrient availability level for Sengkuang from different soil texture.
(4) How does soil texture effect root growth.
(5) Are there any heavy metal soil contamination in the soil samples.

Learn tips on how to grow Sengkuang well.

Get to know Sengkuang plant.


Don't forget to keep your reference list for your report.


Fill free to add on research questions or observation data.

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