Steven's Ecological Analysis of the Garden and your Plants Post #4
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Some abiotic factors that our plants needs for survival are sunlight, water, and soil. All those things are used for the process of making food called photosynthesis. Some biotic factors that affect our plant is the chickens trying to eat it, the other plants fighting for space and resources, and insects inside the soil doing things to the plant.
2.
I know my plant is engaged in competition because there are other plants of the same species in a small area. The competition are the other Brassica oleracea in the planting bed. The plants are battling for the most sunlight, water, and good soil to grow in.
3.
Winners and losers are determined in this struggle by what plant survives and thrives and makes more and which plant dies off or maybe is not so successful. Sometimes it is not very clear cut on who wins and losses because both the plants survive but neither die or thrive. What can make it hard is if both plants are about the same time or are making about the same amount of new plants.
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Another interaction our plant can be involved in is mutualism. This is with earthworms, the earth worms move through the soil making tunnels for water and air to enter the soil for the plants. In return the plants provide a food supply for the worms and the whole food cycle. This is a show of mutualism because the plants are getting good soil and the earth worms are getting a food supply.
5.
The garden seems to be in secondary succession from all the years of use. Also the very long drought that effects the soil, combined with the chickens attacking. From this the plants can now start to grow more though and start to build a ecosystem.
Some abiotic factors that our plants needs for survival are sunlight, water, and soil. All those things are used for the process of making food called photosynthesis. Some biotic factors that affect our plant is the chickens trying to eat it, the other plants fighting for space and resources, and insects inside the soil doing things to the plant.
2.
I know my plant is engaged in competition because there are other plants of the same species in a small area. The competition are the other Brassica oleracea in the planting bed. The plants are battling for the most sunlight, water, and good soil to grow in.
3.
Winners and losers are determined in this struggle by what plant survives and thrives and makes more and which plant dies off or maybe is not so successful. Sometimes it is not very clear cut on who wins and losses because both the plants survive but neither die or thrive. What can make it hard is if both plants are about the same time or are making about the same amount of new plants.
4.
Another interaction our plant can be involved in is mutualism. This is with earthworms, the earth worms move through the soil making tunnels for water and air to enter the soil for the plants. In return the plants provide a food supply for the worms and the whole food cycle. This is a show of mutualism because the plants are getting good soil and the earth worms are getting a food supply.
5.
The garden seems to be in secondary succession from all the years of use. Also the very long drought that effects the soil, combined with the chickens attacking. From this the plants can now start to grow more though and start to build a ecosystem.
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