LGP '26: B4 Onion and Potato
Jun 12, 2026 • 11:26 AM UTC
India
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Plants
Syed Yafi
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The Onion Peel was one of the first samples I looked at through the foldscope. Originally, I found it extremely hard to adapt to the process of taking out a thin peel, if it's not thing enough I won't see anything, too thin? It's just gonna be transparent. But after creating 3 slides and almost giving up, I mounted a perfect slide finally being able to see the beautiful patterns in the peel of an onion.
The cell were transparent and spindle-shaped. They were connected with each other, symmetrical and well structured.
Upon viewing through the 340x lens one could see the beautiful round nuclei present in the cells.
Moving on, the second observation is of the Potato peels and Potato flesh.
The cell were transparent and spindle-shaped. They were connected with each other, symmetrical and well structured.
Upon viewing through the 340x lens one could see the beautiful round nuclei present in the cells.
Moving on, the second observation is of the Potato peels and Potato flesh.
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The potato flesh slide was created by squishing a piece of potato on the slide, spreading it and then removing the debris so that light can pass easily.
The funny thing was, to me the cells appeared to look like a potato. Other than that, one could observe the starch grains, random sizes and the thick wall.
The potato flesh slide was created by squishing a piece of potato on the slide, spreading it and then removing the debris so that light can pass easily.
The funny thing was, to me the cells appeared to look like a potato. Other than that, one could observe the starch grains, random sizes and the thick wall.
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Mounting the potato peel was one of the easiest slides we prepared. We just had to pull the top peel and mount it on, observe it and that was it. Upon extensive observation we could see that the peel cells were polygonal, darkish. It had high water content and was pretty fibrous.
Mounting the potato peel was one of the easiest slides we prepared. We just had to pull the top peel and mount it on, observe it and that was it. Upon extensive observation we could see that the peel cells were polygonal, darkish. It had high water content and was pretty fibrous.
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