ALLELOPATHY!

SO! I have finally decided to investigate negative allelopathy - a naturally occurring phenomenon in which some plants, algae, bacteria, coral and fungi release chemicals (called allelochemicals) that affect the growth and development of plants near them in a bad way. The site that gave me inspiration for this was:

http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojects/a/sciprohigh.htm
I looked up "science fair projects" on the internet, as Ms Zhang said we should if we needed ideas.

I talked to Ms Zhang about my idea at the canteen the other day, and I got to see Ms Zhang have a brainfreeze. It was fun. >:D

Okay. Although it was fun; sorry, Ms Zhang. :D

But she said that my idea was okay, I just had to think it through more. I want to investigate if the allelopathic plants actually secrete/release allelochemicals, and I think I will do that by planting other plants near an allelopathic plant. I'll take observations every few days, and that way I will find out if the allelopathic plant affects plants around it. Should I plant the allelopathic plant first, though? And the non-allelopathic plants after, so I can see how well they grow? I'm not sure. Too many questions and choices!! Argh!

OH! Also, Ms Zhang told us in her email that we need to show "whether we have thought through several different project designs". Will it be okay if I simply add a Part A and Part B to my experiment? Then I will have thought through two project designs....

I can't think of any other project designs that check if allelopathy actually occurs.
So is that okay? I've looked at other people's blogs, and most of the time they've only thought of one way to do their experiment. I hope my stuff's okay.