Helping Plants Grow Well

1. Helping Plants Grow Well

2. You are going to learn • What plants need to be healthy. • How to identify a healthy plant. • To design a healthy and an unhealthy plant.

3. A strong stem

4. Dry soil If plants are going to be healthy they need lots of things to be working properly. Here are some things that Homer Simpson said plants need to be healthy. Is he right ?

5. Hugs and kisses

6. Lots of leaves

7. Regular tennis practice

8. Shade

9. Spread out roots

10. water soil Plants need roots to get …………………… from the ………………….. . Roots need to be spread out to get as much water as possible. They also help to ………………….. Plants in the ground. Water gets to the other parts of the plant through the …………………. If it is damaged then the plant won’t get enough …………………. Plants also need lots of ……………………………. To grow and to be healthy. hold stem water leaves hold water stem soil leaves water

11. Plants need healthy roots.

12. A healthy stem.

13. Healthy leaves.

14. A flower

15. Mmmm flour !!