Squeaky+Clean+Grow+Beasts

Squeaky Clean Grow Beasts

I grew two grow beasts. One (the blue one, who I will refer to as B to protect his privacy) grew in the recommended (but not very clean) tap water. He grew up very well. I then grew another one (the purple one, who I will refer to as P to protect her privacy) in the very clean (but not recommended) solution of laundry detergent and tap water. This solution consisted of one cup of laundry detergent to three cups of water. Both growing conditions were kept room temperature, with the exact same amount of light, etc. (in fact, they grew in the same spot). Which one grew better? Do grow beasts actually grow best when they are kept as clean as possible, or is it better to let them get a little dirty? Read on to find out!

From the graph and data table below, you can see that B grew bigger and at a faster rate than P did. The red line represents B, and the blue line represents P (confusing, I know. Blame Excel). The vertical axis represents centimeters, and the horizontal axis represents hours. Although B started slightly bigger, you can see from the graph that he grew almost twice as big as P. P ended up at 7.3 centimeters, while B ended up at 13.1 centimeters. You can also see the rate of change from the black line running through each dinosaurs' graph. As you can tell, B's rate of change went up much more dramatically than P's.


 * Hour || P's centimeters measured || B's centimeters measured ||
 * 0 || 4.1 || 4.9 ||
 * 1 || 4.3 || 5 ||
 * 2 || 4.4 || 5.3 ||
 * 3 || 4.5 || 5.6 ||
 * 12 || 5.1 || 8.1 ||
 * 18 || 5.3 || 9 ||
 * 26 || 5.9 || 9.8 ||
 * 28 || 6 || 10.1 ||
 * 36.5 || 6.4 || 10.9 ||
 * 43 || 6.5 || 11.3 ||
 * 45 || 6.6 || 11.6 ||
 * 63 || 6.8 || 12 ||
 * 64 || 7.2 || 12.5 ||
 * 90 || 7.3 || 12.9 ||
 * 98 || 7.3 || 13.1 ||



As a result of this experiment, I have determined that soap is not a good environment for grow beasts to grow up in. However, this generalization does only apply to laundry detergent. It is possible that grow beasts would do well with dish soap or hand/body wash. This will have to be an experiment for another time. However, from this experiment, I have determined that grow beasts do not need to be kept clean in order for them to grow big and strong. A little dirt never hurt a grow beast!