Some seeds grow indoors

Now when my two boys and girls to listen I was your son's lady brings you another.

Let's find out.

How boys and girls fruits

contain the seeds of plants. Don't play.

You found that out last week didn't you. Good Did you

find any fruits that have the seeds on the outside instead of inside.

Did anybody remember as Dr. Berry who or are the

seeds of a strawberry.

While a strawberry is a very special kind of fruit most

fruits have the seeds inside. Well

how would you like to see how a very young fruit tree looks as it grows from the seed.

You can if you're careful. Plant some fruit seeds and find out.

We begin right now. All right.

Mr. Farmer Do you have everything ready there on your table.

Good. Mr. Gardner Are you ready to help Mr. Farmer show all the boys and girls in

your room how to plant trees. Well good for you.

First of all let's look at the soil. The garden soil

is this soil loose and fine. Well

let's be sure there are no big lumps in that soil. If there are

break up the lumps with your fingers. Miss Gardner go right ahead there and help Mr.

Farmer break up the soil. Be careful keep it in the box don't spill

any on the table or on the floor. Just hold your hand right over the box and make

it fine as you can by squeezing it or are loosening it

between your fingers. Right now it shouldn't be too lumpy.

Are you getting it broken up. All right because you feel damp to your

finger. Well I hope it's not too wet or we'll have mud here

before too long. All right do you think you have the big lumps broken up.

All right stop you can break up some more later if there are still too many lumps.

Mr. Farmer will you pick up one of the paper cups that

you have there.

All right now take it over him and hold it over the box of soil and fill it up.

Fill it to the very top with the garden soil. Don't pack it in

too tightly just let it fall into the cup until the cup is full.

All right now Mr. Gardner While Mr. Farmer is doing that look at the seeds that

you chose in there do you have some apples seamed.

Do you have some orange sea.

How about some grapefruit seeds. Well I hope you know which

seeds are which do you. All right you may

have seeds from a lemon or a pear or some other fruit I don't know what kind you chose to bring

today.

But Mr. Gardner which kind of seed would you like to plant in this first cup.

Choose one kind and pick out two or three of the seeds.

Have you decided all right Mr. Farmer Are you ready with a cup.

Is it full of soil. Good. Put the cup down on the table

so Miss gardener can plant the seed she's picked out. Listen Miss Gardner

push each C down into this soil not too deep and not too

close together but push them down into the soil in the cup just a little way

just so you can't see them. You've got a molly in there you'll have

to work fast because we've got lots to do. All right now with your fingers

pushed the so out over the seeds cover up the little holes that you made and

push the soil over all those scenes. All right you got it all screwed up.

All right now with your fingers close together press the soil down in

the cup not far just press it down so that below the

rim of the cup the edge of the cup. Don't pack it too tightly to

be pushed it down a little bit. Right. Are you

already Mr. Farmer will you hold the palm of one hand

over the top of the cup and tip it over on its side now listen again.

Put your hand over the top of the cup in which Mrs. Gardner just planted the

seeds and tip it over on the side. Don't let any soil fall out now

with your other hand pick up the pencil.

Now with the point of the pencil punch a hole in the bottom of the cup.

Punch it close to the center of the bottom of the cup I think if you do it quickly you

can punch it through in a hurry right now. Turn the cupped right

side up again. Why do you suppose we need

that hole in the bottom of the cup. Can anyone guess.

Who said to let the water drain out. You are right.

If we did not punch a hole in the bottom of the cup we might get too much water in the cup and

then the seeds wouldn't grow. It would be too wet for them they'd just rot.

Miss Gardner find one of the saucers are the aluminum pipes plates

and set the plate on the table away from the rest of the things that you're working with

right now Mr. Farmer. Put the cup into the little saucer are the plate.

Good. Miss Gardner. Have you got a bottle of water there are a pitcher of water. Good.

Pick it up and pour a little water over the soil in the cup.

Just pour enough in to wet the saw oil. Now if

some runs out the hole in the bottom of the cup it will run into the plate

that way. The soil in the cup will not be too wet for the siege to

grow a good way to water your seeds from now on

would be to pour a little water into the plate.

The soil will soak up the water from the bottom that way this feeds

won't get too wet.

Oh how are you going to know what kind of seed you planted in this first cup.

Could you Labor look up. Someone could write the name of the seed

right on the side of the cup couldn't you. Will you do that.

Or you could put a big A for apple seeds or an old for orange

seeds you decide after a while how you're going to label those cups. Maybe your

teacher will help you help you label them right now.

Now have you got another cup Mr. Farmer. Which seed would you

like to plant in another cup. Oh all right pick them

out. And Miss Gardner When you put soil into another cup for Mr. Farmer

feel another cup with so I'll just as he did for you go ahead

fill it all the way to the top don't press it down now just fill it up with that loose soil.

Hurry up now so we'll be ready here. Mr. Farmer Are you ready. Has Mr.

Gardner filled the cup for you or I put it down on the gas can Mr. Farmer plant your

seeds put them in.

Push him down not too far now just so they're underneath the level of the soil

and spread this soil back over the holes and

put your fingers together now and press the earth down so that it is

just below the rim of the cup.

All righty. Now you want to put your hand over the top of the cup

and tip it over and punch a hole in the bottom with a pencil.

All right you ought to be able to do this fast because you did it before. Punch a hole

right in the bottom of the cup. Are we going too fast. I'll let you

catch up your seed tearin and you press the earth

down and then you tip the cup over and punched a hole in the bottom.

All right are you ready to turn the cup right side up again. All right Mr. Gardner Can you

find another saucer our little aluminum plate their pie plate.

Will you put it over near the cup that you planted right

now. Put the cup in the little plate. And then Ms

Gardner I wonder if you'd like to add a little water to this one to put a little

water on the top don't let it run over the cup. Put enough in so it'll stay inside the

cup.

Now have you got any other kinds of scenes. Remember you're going to label this

one after a while can you remember which cup and which seed in it. You have to do the

remembering because I don't know just you who have planted the seeds will

know. All right do you think you can go ahead and plant the rest of the

seed you have in there as it would in as many cups as you have.

Do you have some markups. Well now what do you suppose is going to happen to

those little seeds in those cups. While I'm talking to you if you have more

cups and more seeds to plant maybe you have some great big

see from some other kind of fruit some

seeds will grow there quickly and some will take a

long time to sprout. Now I wonder if you'd

just like to find out for yourselves. I'm not going to tell you which ones of

those seeds are going to sprout first because I don't know what kind of seed you

have.

You may have orange seeds are an Apple C or somebody may have

brought a great Big Avocado C.. Did anybody bring an

avocado see. There are great big things almost as big as a ping pong

ball. Did anyone bring a peach seed or a cherry see.

Or are there lots of seeds of plants that you could bring and that per some of

you probably brought when our plant is many different kinds you can

and will you keep track of which ones sprout. The first

sprout bee before any of the others sprout. Now it

may be that some of them will grow in just a few days. Don't

be disappointed if your SEE do not begin to grow for a long time.

How are you going to keep them in a good place so they will grow.

Keep them in a place that is not too hot

nor too cold. And remember not to give them

too much water. If water stands on top of the

soil in the cup you know that you have too much in there

so let it dry out. Don't add any more water but add a little bit of water

whenever you think this soil is too dry. Now remember if you put too

much water in the seeds will rot. If you don't put enough

in they won't grow at all he'd need water

to grow. When you watch your plants carefully your seeds carefully

and see which one grows.

And I wonder. I'd like to know when your seeds sprout. I'd like

to know what you think they look like. Do you suppose a tree seed

sprouts and looks very much like any other kind of plant.

Would it be fun to find out all right now if you are

still working. Maybe you will help some of the other boys and girls.

It would be fun if each of you in your room. Would you each like to

plant some kind of a fruit seed in a paper cup or maybe you could

do that. You wouldn't have to do it right today but maybe you could remember to bring

some more seeds from home and a paper cup.

And plant a seed for yourself. Plant two or three in each cup

so that at least one of them will grow. Will you try that and will you let me

know how soon your seeds sprout and which ones sprout first.

Good for you.

Don't be disappointed if it takes a long time will you keep them watered

and keep them in a warm place so they really will grow when you do that.

All right.

Let's find out imagine night in the studios I'm playing against L.A. The St. Louis

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