Hi Anthony,

That's awesome, thank you for the update! Great, that will be exciting to see if you get any differences in your corn (or maize as it's called in most of the world) height results. Are you measuring any other parameters along the way, like stem diameter or vegetative stage? 
I'd like to know a little more about your experimental design as well, and what you are measuring and when? When running large experiments it is critical to write down the plan (or methods) in as much detail as possible so that other scientists can see what you did and do it in their own lab (or replicate it) with the same soil, pots, conditions, and measurements. Then as you go along you take notes of any changes you made (such as introducing transplanting) and record data, often at multiple time points. If you have data from before transplanting that will be very useful to see if things changed following transplanting. 
If you can please update the info on the team page, and I'd love to see any data you have to share in excel or some kind of table, and we can work together on what you are seeing. 

Thank you! Have an a-maize-ing week!

Good morning team,

Thank you for the updates and sorry for the delay in getting back to you!

Robin--Great, glad to hear you have healthy plants growing and looking green! If they start to turn yellow that probably means they need some fertilizer. To answer your question, leaves turning brittle and falling is most likely due (in my experience) to the low light indoors. You will still get good growth but unless you have very intense light inside the plants will be tall and skinny (and thus weaker) compared to outdoor plants. Adding some fertilizer that dissolves in water may help with this. 

Yazmin--Great, I'm glad you all are thinking of what kind of soil you want your corn plants growing in! It's one of the most important factors affecting whether you get good yields or not, as the soil provides essential nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium, as well as holding water. Some soils do this better than others. 
I would say go ahead and give it a try, with one suggestion to transplant half your plants into organic potting soil and half into the same soil you used first (if you still have this available). This way, 1) they get the same transplanting treatment which can be a bit of a shock to plants, and 2) then the only difference between the two groups is the potting soil they go into, so you can really tell which one is better (if either). I will caution you though, corn is not accustomed to being transplanted so it can wilt quickly, but since you are doing it under stable conditions inside this may work. 

Best wishes on your experiment!

Good afternoon team,

Thank you for the updates! So now I'm curious, are we working with two different groups of plants, ones that are dying and ones that are recovering and thriving? 
Jesus-- For the dying plants, there is often a chance that plants can recover if conditions improve, although in this case it sounds like the plants became infected by a disease in the wet soil conditions and may not recover. If you can replant or collaborate with another team with healthy plants you can gain more useful takeaways from the project.
Kensely-- for those healthy plants, awesome, I'm glad to hear that! As soon as those plants are outside and in larger pots you should be able to see continuous growth each day, especially if you measure plant height from the soil to the tip of the tallest leaf. As they get bigger they will need watering every 1-3 days, closer to 1 when they are big and the weather is hot. Watch for caterpillars chewing holes in leaves and squish any you find! 
Do you have enough to compare any treatments, e.g. different soil types, pot sizes, or fertilizers vs. no fertilizer? Ideally 4-5 plants per treatment group is the minimum but you may see differences with three.

Have a great week,

John