It seems finalised.
I'm really, really going to be planting the Chinese cabbage.
Today, I bought 4 sponges and a packet of Chinese cabbage seeds, after scouring NTUC for roughly half an hour and finally finding it in the gardening section. On the seed packet, there were some instructions on how to plant Chinese cabbage, so I'm going to go with that.
The packet stipulated "3mm depth", so however ridiculous it is to me, yes, I'm going to plant seeds 3mm deep. Not that I have any control because I'm using sponge, but I'll be trying my best to try to push the seed exactly 3mm deep.
The packet said the seeds should germinate in 5 days, and internet sources tell me Chinese cabbage seeds germinate within a fortnight, but I hope it is the former. The problem comes with the spacing - 15cm.
To give you an idea of what the problem is, 15cm is roughly the length of one sponge.
...doesn't that mean I would have to buy 16 more sponges? I can only imagine how the Daiso cashier would look if a random girl suddenly comes up to him/her carrying 8 packs of 2 sponges. The cost is fine, but if we're looking at the practicality of the situation, I think I would only end up embarrassing myself.
Another problem has also surfaced. I was using Google Scholar to get some literature reviews done, and I learnt that what seems to be the "optimum" planting space would be 48cm. I don't know how I'm exactly going to get a 48cm sponge. And I'm going to stick with the instructions. So, yup, that problem is solved.
That wasn't actually what I wanted to say, though. I read a paper stating that out of 12 degrees Celsius, 18 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, 12 and 18 degrees were better. I couldn't quite understand all the figures, which goes to show I don't have a scientific brain, but I can get that 12 and 18 degrees seem to be better.
Well, if I could I would place the cabbages in 12 or 18 degrees, but I can't. Never mind that 12 degrees is out of range for my air-conditioner; I can't put it at 18 degrees either because it would mean possibly an entire month of non-stop air-conditioning.
Hmm...but let's say...I change my experiment to, "Effect of microwaved water on the Chinese cabbage in Singapore"...yup, ok, experiment changed.
What else...I don't think there's any other problems...
Ok, so on to the next section! Microwaving!
Today I read up on microwave ovens, and gained some knowledge on it. I've become somewhat apprehensive on microwaving water, because from what I read, water can explode in a microwave oven, and not just explode in the microwave oven, it explodes when you open the microwave oven, so the boiling water could, and would, possibly scald you. I was thinking of wearing some armour or something, but that's just wishful thinking.
Also, it seems that nutrient composition and antioxidant percentage in vegetables change depending on the method of cooking, for example, microwaving, or steaming, et cetera. It's somewhat irrelevant, but it's the closest I can get talking about nutrient change in microwave ovens. I originally wanted to find the nutrient change in water when water is microwaved and boiled, but...oh well, no one seems to want to do that experiment...
Or maybe there isn't? Hopefully, there's some kind, honourable researcher out there posting results on Google Scholar so I can do my literature review...
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