April 8 - Night view of my plants

The Maha Bodhi plant is now the fastest grower. I have placed my ziplock bag at the window grill so the Maha Bodhi plant curled its steam around the grill for support.

The Green bean plant is tall and thin. Its stem is very weak and it is not able to stand upright.

The Kidney beans plants are better because the stem is a little thicker and is able to hold the plant upright.

I think the stems of the plants are thin because they are planted in water and not soil. So the roots cannot hold on to the soil to keep the plant upright. It also cannot get nutrients from the soil to make the plant more healthy.

This picture is taken at night.

April 6 - Black-eye beans, RIP :-(

The blackeye beans have died. :-( The one on the left remained crammed in its tiny compartment and the shoot is not growing taller. The one on the right is worse. Its first leaves are all curled up and drying up. I can see that the stem is squashed near the U-bend, and so the plant is not able to get water.

However, all the other seeds are growing well. Nice green leaves are sprouting now from all the plants including the Maha Bodhi plant. The Maha Bodhi plant is still the slowest in gaining height. Other than the Maha Bodhi plant, the other plants have grown out of the ziplock bag. They are getting too tall.

I brought the ziplock bag of plants to my bedroom now. It is fun to see the plants grow everyday.

April 5 - the plants are growing fast!

Since the shoots have appeared, the plants are growing extremely fast! The Green beans are the winner. They are tall and skinny.

The Kidney beans are the most amazing. Even though they were the last to germinate, the plant is now taller than the Black-eye bean and the Maha Bodhi seed.

Poor Black-eye beans. They are both stuck in their compartment and does not have enough space to turn themselves around. The one on the left seems unable to grow anymore. The one on the right has its stem in a u-shape and seems uncomfortable to me.

The Maha Bodhi seed is growing well. Its stem is the thickest, but the lowest in gaining height.

That's me in the picture with my plants. :-)

April 3 - All seeds germinated

Today all my seeds has germinated!But the Black eye seeds are not able to grow well, the left seed is stuck and the leaf cannot grow upwards.The left seed`s roots are growing upwards and cannot get water its stem has twisted.But the good thing is that the Green bean`s roots has grown down towards water.And both the Kidney beans has germinated,and the Maha Bodhi seed`s roots can be seen clearly.

April 2 - Maha Bodhi seed germinated!

The Maha Bodhi seed has finally germinated. The roots are sprouting.

The Black-eye bean is the winner. One of the Black-eye bean has its shoots growing too!

Both the Black-eye beans and the Green beans roots are beginning to grow downwards.

The Kidney beans however, have yet to germinate. :-(

3rd day, March 31: I changed the ziplock bag

Roots started growing from the Green bean seeds as well, but it is growing upwards.

The seed coat of the Maha Bodhi seed has burst but i am not able to see the roots yet.

The Maha Bodhi seed is now so big it looks stuck in its compartment. I am afraid it will damage the seed, so my parents and i decided to change the ziplock bag.

As we do it, we had to be very careful not to damage the roots of the Green beans and the Black-eye beans. If we damage the roots, the plant will certainly die as it will not be able to absorb any water, and plants need water to germinate. We also have to be careful that we do not accidentally damage the embryo on the other seeds.

It looks better now after we change the ziplock bag. :-)

Day 2 - The seeds swell. Black-eye beans germinate

My mother gave me some slow release fertilizer and I put them into the ziplock bag. I hope this will help my plants to grow more healthily.

Today the seeds have all swelled up from the absorption of water. The Maha Bodhi seed especially is about one and a half times it original size now. I am afraid that the compartment that I have set for the Maha Bodhi is too small and will hamper its growth.

The black-eye beans have started to germinate. Tiny roots have started to appear. :-)