One of the Spider Plants in the second grouping (With Willow Sprig) was lost when the house cat used this experiment as a salad bar. The tray has been moved to a room with a southern window behind a door impenetrable by the cat.
No worries - Kitty got his fiber and we had redundancy built into the experiment so let's look at the results.
Willow Water Experiment #1: Day 3
Pothos - No root changes or new root growth on any of the 6 Pothos plants. No report.
Spider Plants - Roots!!! Wow!!!
There does not seem to be a substantive difference between the three groupings. It appears that larger Spider Plants babies sprout roots at a rate faster and more prolifically than small Spider Plant babies. This is good to know and will influence when we pick and grow Spider Plant babies but is an incidental finding to the Willow Water Experiment.
See if you agree with me. Here are close ups of the roots. (I need to invest in a new camera with image stablilization, sorry these are a little blurred).
Group 1: Control in Tap Water. Larger Spider Plant baby has lots of roots, smaller Spider Plant baby is starting to root.
Group 2: With Willow Spring. Larger Spider Plant baby eaten by monster cat. Smaller Spider Plant baby is starting to root. This one almost seems to have less root production than either the control (Group #1) or the Willow Water (Group #3).
Group 3: Soaked in Willow Water. Larger Spider Plant baby has many roots. Smaller Spider Plant has roots that are longer than either of the other two small Spider Plant babies.
Dude who ate the larger Spider Plant in Group #2, with Willow Sprig:
Good thing he is so cute....
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