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View Resource Wisconsin Fast Plants Life Cycle Time Lapse

On YouTube: Time lapse video of Wisconsin Fast Plants growing from planted seed through flowering to seed production, set to music! Time lapse just makes them grow a little faster than they do in real life -- this video shows approximately 40 days, the time it takes to produce the next generation.

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View Resource Planting Brassica rapa

This video resource explains and demonstrates how to plant Fast Plants in a bottle growing system made from recycled soda/water bottles was made by the instructors at UW-Madison who teach Biocore (a foundational undergraduate biology course). In this planting approach, vermiculite is used along with a soil-less potting mix (e.g. Redi-Earth).

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View Resource How to Plant: Bottle Growing System

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants and demonstrates how to grow Fast Plant's 7-Day seeds using the Bottle Growing System. The video gives an overview of the materials necessary to grow with this method, and also provides step-by-step instructions guiding the process. This recording runs for 04:21 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are available to...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3uYE3M7Hw&list=PLrEiOKOn6i...
View Resource How to Plant: Deli Container Watering System

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants and demonstrates how to grow Fast Plant's 7-Day seeds using the Deli Container Growing System. The video gives an overview of the materials necessary to grow plants with this method, and also provides step-by-step instructions guiding the process. This recording runs for 02:47 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3uYE3M7Hw&list=PLrEiOKOn6i...
View Resource How to Plant: Wisconsin Fast Plants Watering System

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants, and demonstrates how to grow Fast Plant seeds using a quad-planter system. The video gives an overview of the materials necessary to grow plants with this method, and also provides step-by-step instructions guiding the process. The use of quads in this growing method is teacher-friendly, and enables collaboration between students. This recording...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgnUQBYyYl0&list=PLrEiOKOn6i...
View Resource Recommended Planting Systems

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants, and introduces three recommended planting systems to use with Fast Plant's 7-Day seeds. The video gives an overview of the different methods: the Deli Container, the Wisconsin Fast Plants, and the Bottle watering systems. This recording runs for 02:13 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants, and using these different...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrzObdQUR_4&list=PLrEiOKOn6i...
View Resource Wisconsin Fast Plants: Recommended Tending and Pollination

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants and demonstrates how to tend and pollinate Fast Plant's 7-Day seeds. While both tending to and pollinating Fast Plants is the recommended approach, this video features an experiment to illustrate the effect that tending and pollination has on the plant's growth. It includes a 40-day time lapse, where viewers can watch the differences between a plant...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrzObdQUR_4&list=PLrEiOKOn6i...
View Resource Building a Plant Light Box for Fast Plants

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants, and demonstrates how to build an inexpensive light box for Fast Plants seedlings. This recording runs for 02:35 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are available to view separately.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVbAIpAYUc
View Resource Recommended Lighting for Fast Plants: High vs Low Intensity

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants, and introduces light intensity and its impact on plant growth. The video gives an overview of the effects of high light and low light intensities, and also includes a 20-day time lapse so the viewer can observe the effects that high and low light intensities have on the growth of the Fast Plants. This recording runs for 02:26 minutes in length....

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View Resource Wisconsin Fast Plants Life Cycle

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants, and introduces the plant life cycle. The video features a 40-day time lapse of the Fast Plants from seeds during germination, through flowering and reproduction, until harvesting seeds at the end of the cycle. This recording runs for 02:19 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are available to view separately.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_PFiuVsSDw