Carrots

This experiment is based around growing the biggest carrots.

the carrot field

pulling up all the carrots in the sample plot

flags are used to show where each plot is

BIG carrots!

Sometimes we get unusual carrots...

What happens...

An area is marked out and all the carrots in that area is harvested (gathered) and counted.
The carrots go back to the shed where they are weighed (fresh weight) and the area of the leaves is measured. Then the carrots and their leaves are put into ovens to dry. After a few days they are weighed again (dry weight). This data is put into the computer so it can be analysed and compared to earlier harvests. The scientist then has a pattern to carrot growth over several weeks. He can then use this information to answer the question "Did what we did (treatments) to the carrots make a difference?"