2020 Soil PH lvls (plot a)

Group AKJ (Ari, Kianna, Julia.)

The picture shown to the side shows kianna and julia discussing where these samples came from.

WHO WE ARE

Ari- Visual representation, Julia- Documenter, Kianna Researcher

Background information (On PH Level)

PH is in a lot of things like rain, skin, blood, milk and so many other things
PH affects nutrients, growth, and minerals
Most minerals and nutrients are more available in acid soils than in neutral or slightly alkaline soils. This is important to plant growth because it determines the availability of almost all essential plant nutrients. If the pH is too high, it can pose problems for the plant's health and growth

A good pH level for soil is 6.0 to 7.0

Gathing Soil Day 1

The plan was to gather soil from plots 1, 2, and 3. On the trip down to the prairie, we brought marked cups. Each is labeled 1, 2, or 3, and the letter A. A is the representation of which area of the plot we were going to visit. We also had a cup label for the control. For our control part of the experiment, we travel to the grass next to the prairie plots.

We started with plot 1 and moved up to plot 3. Julia dug up about 2 inches into the ground then collected the dirt and put it in the cup. The last dirt we collected was in the grass next to the prairie and was used as our control.

Gathing Soil Day 2

The plan for day 2 was to gather from plots 16,17,18 and more control. This way we can compare the same grass or grass/fords plots for more accuracy. Traveling to the prairie we used the same style of cups and labels. Starting with plot 16. Julia dug up 2 inches and collected the dirt. Ending with collecting the dirt in the glass next to the prairie for control.

gathering samples

Julia has to push away debrees and plant matter to reach the soil.

digging dirt

here you see Julia digging dirt for samples

Experiment

Materials Use- PH strips, water, Soil, and testing tubes

PH STRIPS

For our experiments, we use ph. strips to measure the ph. in each soil. Our steps for our experiment are as followed:

Filling tube with soil (About 3/4 of the tube)
filling tube with water (the rest out the way)
dip PH strip in tude and wait 5-10 secs or when there is color change

MEASUREING

After measuring the strips of all the cups and looking at the color. Take the data of the colors and label them by plot

GRAPHING

When all plots were done. We then put the plots that were all grass, grass 2xforbs, grass & forbs, and the control together. Then after that, we took the average.

shown here is the different levels of Ph per plot

CONCLUSION

Testing the prairie plots. We found, seeded grass-only and grass & forb plots had the highest PH level to Grass & 2x Forbes. Seeded grass only has an average of 6 PH levels. The control had the largest number 6.5. All plots showed a good PH level. All staying between 6-7. The higher the PH level means the less nutrient that is available for the plants. Grass & 2x Forbs shows show had the best nutrient level because it has the smallest number. And the control had the worst because it has the highest number.

If we could back we would have better organization. Keeping paper and data together etc... Then being able to test more plots to get acute numbers

MAP

Map of Plots 1,2,3 and Plots 16,17,18

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