Holy cow!!

I updated this blog on Tuesday, five days ago. At that time the plants were 26 cm., 21 cm., 18 cm. and 18 cm. I went out to check on the plants tonight after being gone all weekend and was amazed by their growth. They now measure 38 cm., 35 cm., 33 cm. and 31 cm. That's growth of 12 cm., 14 cm., 15 cm., and 13 cm. in five days!!! Along with the four plants that have been there for a while, there are also two new ones growing (0ut of the fence--- thanks squirrels!).

Pictures

Well, as of yesterday, the plants are finally big enough that I could take the down the big squirrel fence. Hopefully the squirrels will not mess with the plants anymore (knock on wood!). Amazingly, four plants survived. Only two of them are actually in places where they were planted though (those pesky squirrels!). The plants are 26 cm., 21 cm., 18 cm. and 18 cm. The largest plant was the one that came up first and the 21 cm. plant is the one that came up last.

June Weather Data through June 15

Click on the image to get a bigger picture. :)

Reflecting on May's weather data

I collected data on May's weather when growing my sunflower. I kept track of high temperature, low temperature, temperature range and whether or not there was rainfall.

High Temperature: I found the mean of the data by adding the temperatures together (1090) and dividing by the number of days that I collected data (15). The mean (average) high temperature was 72.7 degrees Farenheit. The mode (or most common) high temperature in May was 72. The median was 72 degrees as well, which I found by arranging the temperatures from least to greatest, then crossed off one number on each side of the data until I reached the middle. The Range of data was 32 degrees, quite a big difference in the high temperatures over 15 days.

Low Temperature: I found the mean of the data by adding the temperatures together (756) and dividing by the number of days that I collected data (15). The mean (average) low temperature was 50.4 degrees Farenheit. The mode (or most common) low temperature in May was 51. The median was 51 degrees as well, which I found by arranging the temperatures from least to greatest, then crossed off one number on each side of the data until I reached the middle. The Range of data was 31 degrees, I found that by subtracting the lowest temperature from the highest low temperature.

Rain: In May there were five days with rain, two days with drizzle and eight days with no rain.

May Weather Update

After posting the May weather chart, I decided to add temperature range to the data I was compiling. This new chart reflects that change. Click on the picture for a larger view.

May Weather Data

Because I can't seem to insert a chart or table into this blog, I saved this chart in paint and saved it as a jpeg and imported it into the blog. Click on the image for a closer look.

Slowly growing

After planting my sunflowers we had quite a few problems. I planted 16 seeds. By day 8 only 5 of them came up... darn squirrels. You could tell where the squirrels had dug up the seeds, even with the fence. By day 10 only three seedlings remained. My husband recommended putting another fence around the two best seedlings, so I took his advice. We put a large fence around the best seedlings and prayed that they would continue to grow.