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Percent germination, group J for your class(es)

63%
30 seeds planted, 19 seeds germinated

Percent germination, group K for your class(es)

83%
30 seeds planted, 25 seeds germinated

Percent germination, group J across Canada

75%
9565 seeds planted, 7226 seeds germinated

Percent germination, group K across Canada

72%
10036 seeds planted, 7244 seeds germinated

For your information, the seeds you received were all Heinz 9478 F1 seeds. They were
grouped as follows:

J – Control group;
K – Seeds spent approximately 6 weeks on the International Space Station

Download the official Tomatosphere™ Certificate of Completion, which you can

duplicate for each of the students who participated.

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The certificate has been signed by former Canadian Space Agency Astronaut, Dr. Robert
Thirsk, and by the principal investigator for the Tomatosphere™ Program, Dr. Michael
Dixon, Director, Controlled Environmental Systems Research Facility, University of Guelph.

TOMATOSPHERE™ CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

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