Adding Sand or Wood Ash to Habanero Plant Soil Promotes Greater Fruit Production

Overview

This study looked to determine if there was a significant difference between the masses of habaneros produced by plants that were grown in different types of soil so that the most productive soil mixture could be found. The study was conducted with 18 plants: 3 groups of 6 grown in soil, 5 parts soil to 1 part ash, or 5 parts soil to 1 part sand. Data was collected weekly in the form of the masses of individual habaneros produced for a total of 6 weeks. The resulting data was then analyzed using an Anova test and following T-Tests to determine where the significant differences lie. There were two groups of findings for this experiment depending on if damaged and bitten habaneros counted in the data set. If they did, then all populations of habaneros were significantly different from one another. If they did not, then all the populations of habaneros were not significantly different from one another. However, the quantities of habaneros produced suggest that sand was the most productive as it produced the most, followed by ash and then soil. The final conclusion that was drawn was that there was not a significant difference with the individual masses of the habaneros, but that the one with sand was the most productive. In the future, more experiments that relate to the soil content of plants should be conducted. This way gardeners have data that they can form their own conclusions on soil content based on the trends they identify.