Sorry about the late updates. Exams are really getting to me!
Anyway, Sunflower 1 in Box 1 is beginning to sprout little green thingos that seem to be the base of the flower. You know that funny, green, almost-spider-like thing at the back of the actual petals? Hmmm...that explanation wasn't all that scientific or coherent. Sigh. Well, here's a photo - that I painstakingly uploaded.
As you can also see in the photo, the carrot plant and watercress are doing fine. They don't seem to be affected by the sweet potato as much as the sunflowers. Oh well - it's perfectly logical that some plants are affected more than others by allelochemicals.
Box 2: the sweet potatoes don't seem to be growing at all! I swear! Strange.
Small pot: Funnily enough, no sunflowers are as big as the one in the bottom left hand corner of Box 1. The sunflowers here are doing fine - following the same structural developments as the rest of the sunflowers - but are simply smaller. Furthermore, seeing as I have never actually mentioned this, only two out of the five sunflowers I planted in this small pot have actually grown. I have no idea what has become of the rest...
~ Day 48 ~
Honestly? Not much difference in all of my boxes/pots. Honestly - I checked the photos and compared them side-by-side. So sorry, no important updates here.
~ Day 51 ~
Perhaps today will be different. I definitely hope so. Let's take a look at the photos...
Box 1: The spiky green things in both the sunflowers (spider-like, as from earlier in this post) have grown longer. I hope the actual flowers begin to grow soon! Luckily, Sunflower 1 has stayed smaller than the other one. :) Everything else looks pretty much similar to before, except that the watercress has begun to show slightly yellowed and brownish leaves nearer to the sweet potato. Let's hope it's the allelochemicals! I'm not sure at all, though, because the rest of the plant looks A.OK.
[Did you understand that olddddd expression?]
Box 2: Nothing much. Sigh.
Small pot: The little spiky green things (refer to "Box 1" paragraph) are also growing. They look really cool and furry. Yay!
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