The hypothesis of this project was that Calcium, added to the water and applied to yellow bean plants, would affect plant growth.

The research paper was designed to show if plants grow stronger and taller with Calcium applied.

Farmers who experience trouble from pests and insects when growing crops would see a benefit by adding Calcium to their watering process.

Forty-two yellow bean seeds were divided and seven seeds were planted in each of six cut off gallon size plastic milk containers. Each container was numbered one through six. Three of the containers containing plants were designated as the Control and the other three containers of plants were the Independent Variables. The Control plants did not receive Calcium in the water and each of the Independent Variable plants received 100 mg of (crushed and diluted) Calcium, when watered.

Placed in front of windows receiving western sunny exposure, plants were observed and growth was tracked, in inches, for 34 days. Data indicated that the most growth occurred immediately after Calcium was applied and the Independent Variable plants in fact grew taller and stronger. However, the plants never grew beans. Additional factors that could have been considered were if the plants could have been observed for a longer period of time since on average it takes 45 days for beans to grow on the plants.

From the results gathered it was determined that this project had benefits to the agricultural field because Calcium did in fact affect positively the growth of bean plants.