Sounds like a good plant for it! I have a zillion prayer plants. I don't think you can kill them! Got a few in a basket from the florist a few ears ago for my birthday, separated them and the more you separate, the more and bigger they get!

So glad to know they teach stuff about growing plants in school these days! Wasn't sure what was happening there, since I've been out for quite awhile! My grandson is in kindergarten and I pick him up every day to watch until my daughter gets off work. He's my gardening buddy for SURE! Every day he asks what we're going to do today in the garden! Yesterday when I picked him up I had our shovels in my truck, and we stopped on a country road to dig up wild flowers to plant by the pond when we got home. I gave my daughter some irises last year, and she asked me, "How do I plant them?", and Brennan said, "Don't worry, mommy. I'll show you!"

Thanks for being a teacher!
And, welcome to the forum!
Very nice to meet you!

Cindy

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

Thanks, this is very helpful!

Here is an idea for you to use next year to help save money on the plant gel.

Plant seeds in regular potting soil, in clear plastic cups wrapped in a paper towel. Plant the seed close to the side of the cup.

The paper towel allows the roots to develop naturally in darkness withoout sunlight. The towel can then be removed when it is time to reveal the roots.

We had a whole theme around Johny Appleseed. We painted with the apples cut lentghwise(to show the shape of the apple)and also crosswise (to show the star). I would carve an apple head. We saved the seeds wrapped them in a wet paper towel and put them in the frezer for a few weeks. Then we would plant the stratified seeds.

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LOL I just thought of something else. We had an old aquarium with a lid that snapped on. I planted it out like a mini rain forest.

I put a plastic lizard in the terrerium. Every day I would move it around. The kids were so cute trying to figure out if it was real or not. They had all kinds of ideas of why they never saw it move, what it was eating, etc. When a ladybug or fly was caught we would put it in the terrerium. They even showed their parents their class pet!

The kids would ask me is it real? My answer to their questions; "Now what do you think?", "Have you seen it eating?", and "Let me know if you actually see it move."

Yes I did finally did tell them that it was plastic and that I was moving it around. The ones that finally figured it out felt very good about being able to reason it out and crack the mystery. All had a very good laugh at how I had teased them.

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