• Question: do you grow plants in different growing mediums for science

    Asked by to James, Jennifer, Kim, Liam, Ricardo on 26 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Jennifer Stephens answered on 26 Jun 2014:


      Hi jackthedragonrider
      Yes, we grow tissue culture plants in gel-like media with lots of nutrients in it. Sometimes we change the colour of the gel by adding different chemicals.

      Other than that we sometimes use hydroponics (growing them in water) but mainly they grow in soil.

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