Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening
How Plants Drink Want to see how a plant sucks up water This activity will show you MATERIALS Celery or a white flower Glass of water Food coloring Put several drops of red or blue food coloring in a glass of water Put a piece of celery in the colored water Within hours you can see the color begin to travel up the celery stem The plant is pulling the water up to get it to the leaves Try putting a white flower such as a carnation in colored water Within a day the color will have tinted the blossom Water for fields of broccoli in California travels in pipes from mountain lakes up to 1 300 miles
o a Tint the water dark red and the celery will turn red too You can see how plants move water up to the
Food coloring in water will tint white carnations The tips of the petals will change color first
Tool Time You'll need some tools to work the soil of course You can save old forks spoons and kitchen scoops Use a turkey baster to water hanging plants or deli cate seedlings Scissors are useful when you are tak ing cuttings or clipping away seedlings to thin a row Look around and you may find lots of discarded items that can be useful in the garden There are many tools and pieces of gardening equipment that you can make for yourself too loves plant labels water dropper
