Title: Unit 6 Lab
Course: SAT 272 Construction of Sustainable Landscaping - Spring 2015 > Section: SAT 272 Construction of Sustainable Landscaping - Spring 2015

Unit 6 Lab

Unit 6 Lab (Due Unit 10)

For this lab, you will plant three varieties of no mow grasses by media and by light and track how they grow.

1. Growth by media
- Fill one flat with sand media and one flat with local soil media.
- Separate into three sections, then each of these sections in half, you will end up with three types of grasses.
- After the no mow grass seeds germinate, one half of each grass will be fertilized, testing the effects of fertilizing.

2. Growth by light

- Fill one flat with sand media and one flat with local soil media.
- Separate into three sections, then each of these sections in half, you will end up with three types of grasses.
- After the no mow grass seeds are planted, keep them in light until they germinate, and then place them in a low light area.

For both methods, keep media damp, watering is important when germinating seeds

Begin to fertilize at three weeks, with one half normal fertilizing dose

After four weeks, note the changes on the lab worksheet

Write a one-page report on what you discovered regarding the effects varying amounts of fertilizer and light had on the seeds.

 | Lab Rubric
Points | Description
15 | Selects the proper methods and processes that provide for a sustainable lawn
4 | Provides for the proper location to use each variety
6 | Successfully evaluates the growth patterns of the no-mow grasses

- Unit 6 Lab Worksheet.xlsx (13.11 KB)