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I'm doing an experiment about the effect of microwaves on seeds. Seeds using: radish, lima bean, peas, and blue lake bush bean. Step 1: Using an egg carton filled with potting soil and marked "0" by the first two pockets, "5" by the second set of pockets, "10" by the third, "15", "20", and "25" by the next ones. These numbers stand for the number of seconds the seeds will spend in the microwave (they are "nuked" dried). Using two seeds for each kind and "nuking". the "0" means that these seeds spent no time in the oven. (Microwaved each at high power and no water in the oven). After "nuked", they are planted to their proper holes and watered. All are given the same amount of sunlight each day. Conclusion: the radish seeds that were nuked for 25 seconds germinated first in the fifth day. Radish seeds "nuked" for 10 seconds germinated 10th day. Others have not germinated. Blue lake bush beans germinated at 5, 10, and 25 seconds first; the peas germinated at 5, 10, 15 and 25 seconds; lima bean germinated at 10 seconds. I hypothesized that the microwave will harm the seeds but I have been proven wrong. Ok, then why didn't it? I was told that the electromagnetic waves can be dangerous to people. Why?
Re: Does electromagnetic waves have any harmful effects of plant growth?
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