Results
My hypothesis was proven incorrect because in the end, none of the plants grew as expected. Most of the plants remained at 0 centimeters, or gradually died leaving them at 0 cm, much to my disappointment. The few that grew beyond sprouting died from either bad soil, the cold temperature in the basement room, or perhaps the intense light from 500 watt Halogen painters’ lamps. We concluded that the seeds may have been bad since we pulled them out of a gardening bucket in the garage and had no idea how old they may have been.