Blog 4

The experiment process continues!  As I mentioned in previous posts, my group is doing our experiment on moss and the humidity that affects its growth. Originally we were planning on ordering moss from an online catalog, however we found out that the sporulating moss they sell is actually no longer sporulating or viable for this experiment. Over this past week, we were able to go out into the Back 40 and collect different types of moss.

 We set up our moss groups in 2 containers with wet paper towels to control humidity. One container is larger and has a wet paper towel that is folded twice. This large container to small paper towel ratio creates less humidity. In contrast, the small container has a large paper towel that is folded 4 times. We soaked the paper towel in the sink prior to placing it in the container so the container would be able to trap the humidity, thus creating a higher humidity than the large container.
Our objective is to see which container will allow for the moss to thrive and grow the most spores. I'm excited to see our results!