Geotropism

Earlier in January this year we did an easy experiment in germination using various dried beans from our pantry. We put the beans in small ziplock bags with some damp paper towel and stuck them up on the window for two weeks, checking up on them from time to time. Once the beans had sprouted and had some length to them we turned them upside down to see how they responded to gravity. The best performers were the red kidney beans and the great northern beans.