Ten sunflower plants were grouped into two: treatment and control groups.

The control group

was watered with a bucket of fresh water, and the treatment group was watered with a bucket
of greywater. To come up with greywater, I established the mixing ratio by mixing a cup of
detergent to seven cups of water (Heidari et al. 6328). Both experiments utilized garden organic
soil that was free from commercial fertilizers. Fertilized soil can alter the effects of the
detergent on plants and therefore was not be used. ProCut series, a single-stem variety of
sunflowers, were used in this experiment as they are fast-growing, making it easier to detect
changes resulting from detergents in a considerably shorter time. To research the effects of
detergent on plant growth, I collected qualitative data. The method of data collection that was
used in the research was the observation. One of the advantages of the method of data
collection was that it promoted the accuracy and reliability of the data that was collected
(Queirós, Faria, and Almeida). Through the observation part of data collection, I made some
notes to contribute to the analysis of the data that I collected. The other advantage of the
observation method in my case was that I used minimum costs in the experiment. Also, since
the observation involved non-human respondents, it was easy to coordinate the study without
much effort on the interactions. The ten sunflower plants were placed in the sunlight to provide
them with the right conditions for proper growth. The following were the hypotheses that I
developed for the study.

H1: Detergent slows down the rate of germination and growth in plants.

H0: Detergent does not slow down the rate of germination and growth in plants.