The abiotic factors that our plant depends on are sun, which gives them the energy to photosynthesize, water, that keeps them hydrated, and temperature, so they don't burn up or freeze. Some biotic factors are soil, so they can get nitrogen, and other plants, because those other plants cold take away some nutrients.
The plants we grew are also engaged in competition with the weeds around them. They are competing for sun, water, and soil. We know they are in competition because they are both trying to fill the same niche, and each plant wants the same resources.
When two different types of organisms compete, sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes it takes eons, but most of the time there is a winner. The winner gets to keep the niche, and gets all the resources they were competing for. The loser dies, or has to emigrate to a different habitat. But sometimes it's not that easy. If the loser has children before it dies, and the winner stays childless, than who is the real winner?
The winner gets all the resources but may have children before it dies, but the loser died but insured that its genetic code would pass on. Who is to say?
One major interaction that our plants are involved in is symbiosis with bacteria in their roots. The bacteria take nitrogen out of the ground and turn it into nitrogen the plant can use, and in exchange, the plant provides housing for the bacteria. This interaction is important because nitrogen is essential for plant growth.
There is succession everywhere in the garden. Plants are sprouting up like wildfire. Life is growing everywhere. It is not like primary succession, where it is just a barren rock, but like secondary succession, where there is already soil. Except in this garden, there was no disaster, the soil was just put there.
The plants we grew are also engaged in competition with the weeds around them. They are competing for sun, water, and soil. We know they are in competition because they are both trying to fill the same niche, and each plant wants the same resources.
When two different types of organisms compete, sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes it takes eons, but most of the time there is a winner. The winner gets to keep the niche, and gets all the resources they were competing for. The loser dies, or has to emigrate to a different habitat. But sometimes it's not that easy. If the loser has children before it dies, and the winner stays childless, than who is the real winner?
The winner gets all the resources but may have children before it dies, but the loser died but insured that its genetic code would pass on. Who is to say?
One major interaction that our plants are involved in is symbiosis with bacteria in their roots. The bacteria take nitrogen out of the ground and turn it into nitrogen the plant can use, and in exchange, the plant provides housing for the bacteria. This interaction is important because nitrogen is essential for plant growth.
There is succession everywhere in the garden. Plants are sprouting up like wildfire. Life is growing everywhere. It is not like primary succession, where it is just a barren rock, but like secondary succession, where there is already soil. Except in this garden, there was no disaster, the soil was just put there.
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