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Growth Challenge in Saline Soil

Organization(s):Algoiba Secondary Girls School at Al-Hufof
Country:Saudi Arabia
Student(s):1- Mounira Mbkhout Al Marri 2- Hassa Salem Al Marri 3- Day bagash Al Marri
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:Noura Mabark Al-Otaibi
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
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Optional Badges:I am a Collaborator, I make an Impact, I am a Data Scientist
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Date Submitted:03/23/2017
We tried several times planting some flowers in the front yard of our School, the flower remain for several days only and then die no matter what the situation-conditions is suitable for growing. We further suggest that the flower die because of high salt content that have seen on the soil surface. In contrast, some flowers cultivation observed on other parts of the soil of the school area.We have added date seed contains several minerals and I thought it would reduce this problem. The aim is to know which effect of fertilizer from dates seed on soil properties of the school area is. We further suggest that soils are calcareous soil due to the high calcium carbonate compound as well as high value pH.


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John McLaughlin
6 Years Ago
Great job of asking a research question about what you observe around your school.The question appears locally relevant since your school is located in an agricultural area. I am wondering if you collected or used an GLOBE data in this investigation?
Noura Mabark Al-Otaibi John McLaughlin
6 Years Ago
Hello
The tools of Globe were used in the research, where the electrical conductivity (EC Metar) was used to measure the salinity ratio in the soil samples and also to measure the effect of the different concentrations of the date seed used as fertilizer. Also the pH Metar was used to know the effect of fertilizer on the calcareous soil.
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Dorian Wood Janney
6 Years Ago - Edited
I also enjoyed the fact that you chose to research an issue that is important to your location. I was wondering whether you will be able to share the results of your research with local farmers? What are some steps that the farmers can take, based on your research, to improve their crop yield?
Noura Mabark Al-Otaibi Dorian Wood Janney
6 Years Ago
It is a pleasure to answer your question ..
Initially, the students shared the information involved in research and results with their friends at school.
But our future steps:
1- - Apply the results of the research on the soil of the school as a practical application and observation of the growth of plants in the school yard, especially in areas where the plants died.
2. Selecting students whose parents work in agriculture to apply the research results to the practical soil of their farms and compare the fertilizer yield from the date seed with fertilizers used in the farm.
3- Application of the results of research on different soil types and different places of the village and also apply the results of research in nearby villages where we have students from nearby villages studying in the school ..