Conclusion: Valeria Mencia

For a month long we studied soil and the factors that have to be taken into consideration to be able to achieve the growth of crops. We learned the necessary nutrients and pH levels that plants need to be able to grow. In our project we decided to increase the levels of nitrogen within our soil sample to help the growth of the lettuce seeds which we used in our final experiment. There were many errors within our controlled and remediation experiment that caused us to fail and prevent the growth of our crops. The errors that occurred from our part was first the placement of our crops, we placed our pots in front of a very cold window which was opened and closed without us knowing that the incoming temperature would dry out all of the water from soil. Another one of our errors was the lack of water we added to the plants during a long holiday weekend, we did not take charge and assign our crops to an individual for care. The third error was the amount of soil used within the process. We did not have the necessary amount of soil to use for the growth of our crops the lack of soil indicates that our crops did not have the necessary nutrients to achieve growth. At the end of the day our soil lacked water, nutrients, and most important of all sunlight. There were many errors that if we had the chance to re-do this process, we would change the amount of these factors in our soil by increasing them and having a much better outcome of actual growth in both of our crops. There were many errors we did not expect to occur, but that was our first error. We were not ready for everything that could have happened.