"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 09:17:39 -0000, "Sally Pointer"
wrote:

I'm doing a basic botany workshop in January where I want to send
each child
home with a 'mystery seed' that they plant at the workshop to
tend. Being
January obviously limits the choice a bit and I'm after some
inspiration for
suitable seeds. My current best plan is to mix up a packet of
tomato, chilli
and pepper seeds as many of those will start indoors ok in January
then I
can give them enough details about the growing habits to enable
them to look
after them, but they'll need to wait until it fruits to find out
exactly
what they've got.

Your plan is hard to understand.
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Rodger Whitlock

I, like Rodger, am uncertain of how the project is intended to proceed
after the workshop......Will the kids come back in with their plant at
regular intervals ??

If its a more 'instant' project, why not use mustard and cress or
different forms beansprouts ? They come up quickly in just water and
can be eaten quickly. 6 to 8 year olds might lose interest on waiting
for a tomato to appear :~))

http://www.sproutpeople.com/ has info.

jenny