Greenhouse Work

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My trees continue to grow and every time I go to the greenhouse to check on the growth of the trees there are more germinating.  Although I am very excited to see my plants doing so well and giving me plenty of data I have to spend a lot more time in the greenhouse.  Every three days I have to go and measure the growth of each individual tree and look for newly germinated trees.  With 60-70 trees that can take a long time and I have been getting a sore back form bending over to check the measurements.  I sure hope that I have some useful data by the end of this project.

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Preliminary Results

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Hey everyone!  I haven’t finished collecting data yet but there are a few things I have noticed from the growth I have so far.  First of all I am only getting growth in the high water regime, unfortunately the low water regime cannot sustain the trees at such a fragile state.  One of the main things I have seen is that both populations are growing much better under conditions with ash cover as you can see in the pictures below.  The top photo is high water without ash and the bottom photo is high water with ash.

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There has been a much better germination success rate for both populations with ash cover but beyond this I have noticed that under conditions of high water with ash cover the mainland population seems to have greater germination success than the island population.  Under conditions of high water without ash on the other hand the island population seems to be having greater germination success than the mainland population.  The preliminary data seems to be supporting my hypothesis but we will have to wait and see until I finish collecting and analyzing my data.

Research Update 4/3/16

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I spent this first week back from spring break looking at peer suggestions for revisions throughout my entire paper and exploring areas in which I can cut information out, or add it in if needed. In addition I practiced my elevator speech, seeing how I have not done so in a while.

I received the business cards required for class (100 cards for &7). I included my school, email, major, and this website in an effort to produce a professional looking business card.

Below is a picture of a 10×10 meter plot located in direct sunlight without any Torrey pine.DSC_0092

Capstone Overall Update

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This past week, I have been editing and working on my capstone paper. I am going to work on my statistical data and my poster board during this week to be prepared for the SAGE conference coming up.

Common Garden Update: My few saplings that have sprouted are still growing strong!

Resin dropping a Torrey pine at TPSNR
Resin dropping from Torrey pine at TPSNR