0:00:04 > 0:00:06Charlie!
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Lola?
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Charlie.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Oh!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37I have this little sister, Lola.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39She is small and very funny.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- What are you doing, Charlie?- I'm growing a plant. It's a tomato one.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Ugh. I am not keen on tomatoes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I know you're not but, you see, it's really amazing,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55because this plant can actually grow tomatoes.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Ooh!
0:00:59 > 0:01:03That green plant grows into tomatoes?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Yep. If I look after it properly.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08You're doing really well, aren't you?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- You've got lots of big leaves. - Charlie,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16why are you talking to your plant? They don't have ears.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Lots of people talk to plants. Mrs Finch says it helps them grow.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Why? - Well, the air that we breathe out
0:01:24 > 0:01:27is the air that plants like to breathe in.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31So, when I talk, my plant gets lots of air.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Oh! I'd like to grow a plant. You see, I'm a very good talker.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Then we did a painting class and then we saw the fishes in the pond
0:01:40 > 0:01:42and then we went shopping
0:01:42 > 0:01:46and I slipped but it only hurt a little bit and then...
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I don't want a plant of tomatoes, Charlie.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53You don't have to grow a tomato plant. You can grow any plant.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Oh! I could grow a biscuit plant.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Or a butterfly plant.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Or a musical plant that plays music.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14LOLA HUMS
0:02:14 > 0:02:19'So Mum bought Lola a pack of seeds, so she could grow her own plant.'
0:02:19 > 0:02:21What did I do now, Charlie?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25You have to put one seed in the hole in the earth.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Ooh!- And then cover it up.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31If you look after it properly, it will grow into a plant.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Hmm!
0:02:33 > 0:02:38There are lots of different seeds and lots of different plants.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Like cress seeds, that grow into cress.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46And pumpkin seeds that grow into pumpkins.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51And acorns that grow into...
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- Acorns!- No!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Acorns grow into HUGE, TALL oak trees!
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- What will my seed grow into? - You'll have to wait and see.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- It's a wait-and-see seed! - Yes. It's a wait-and-see seed.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Go on, plant it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15I think it will have a stripy stalk that will grow and grow
0:03:15 > 0:03:19into big leafs and curlies and big, huge flowers!
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Lola.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22OK, I'll just wait and see.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Oh.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Where are you?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Why aren't you doing anything?
0:03:46 > 0:03:51I'm talking to you but you're still not growing.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- VOICES ON RADIO - Now you'll DEFINITELY grow.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59LOLA SIGHS
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- You know my wait-and-see plant, Charlie?- Yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Well, there's a lot of waiting and no seeing at all!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10You just have to be patient.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13LOLA SIGHS
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Yes!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19LOLA HARRUMPHS
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Look, Lola, my first tomato!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24That's nice, Charlie.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27But my seed won't grow.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Mrs Finch told me that seeds only grow when they're happy
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and first of all, they need water.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35LOLA LAUGHS
0:04:37 > 0:04:39The rain helps the roots to grow.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42The water seeps deep into the ground.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47And then roots start to grow, to help the plant stand up.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Like feet!
0:04:48 > 0:04:51They're all squiggly, Charlie.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53LOLA LAUGHS
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- ROOTS SLURP - What's that?- Slurping.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Plants also use their roots for drinking, like straws.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03LOLA LAUGHS
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Lola, not too much water. Oh.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Oh, dear. it won't grow if it gets too much water.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23- Oh.- Hmm.- Oops.- Maybe you should ask Mum for another seed.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Hmm.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- There.- Yes, that's good, just enough to wet the soil.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Anything else to make my plant happy, Charlie?- They love sunshine.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Oh, they love the sunshine!
0:05:44 > 0:05:49They like to grow towards the warm and it makes their leaves come out.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Look, the sunshine has made my plant grow a tiny weenie bit.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- See?- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Hmm. I will leave my plant in the sunshine.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Charlie!
0:06:06 > 0:06:12- Oh, dear, Lola. Too much sun. - Oh, no, what am I going to do now?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Ask Mum for another seed?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Just enough sunshine for the leaves
0:06:21 > 0:06:24and just enough water for the squiggly roots.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I'm sure it will grow this time.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Look, here's the book Mrs Finch gave us about plants. You'll like it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Ooh!
0:06:34 > 0:06:39You see, the thing is, growing a seed is only just the beginning.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44- The seed grows into a plant and the plant grows into a...- Flower!
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Then bees come to eat from the plants.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53And as they eat, they get all this yellow stuff called pollen,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55all over their furry legs.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And then they fly off to another plant.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04The pollen from the two flowers gets all mixed up
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and makes a new seed.
0:07:06 > 0:07:12- Wow!- And there are thousands and thousands of different seeds
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and lots of ways they can travel.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Why do the seeds want to travel?
0:07:16 > 0:07:21So they can spread everywhere and lots of flowers, plants and trees
0:07:21 > 0:07:24can grow all over the place. Look.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Some seeds get picked up by birds, or animals.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Other seeds travel by the wind.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Yay!
0:07:36 > 0:07:41And some seeds are so clever, they can fly all by themselves.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Those seeds are spinning!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45LOLA LAUGHS
0:07:48 > 0:07:51These seeds grow into trees called sycamores.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56And when the seeds fall onto the ground, a new plant grows.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Ooh!
0:07:57 > 0:08:03And you see, Lola, it goes round and round forever.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Seed, plant...- Flower!- That's right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Seed, plant, flower.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Oh, I wonder what plant I'm growing.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17It might take a long time before you know and you have to keep checking...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20There's enough water and sunshine.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I'm going to make sure that everything is just right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Ah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Ooh!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43VOICES CHATTER ON RADIO
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It's doing really well, Lola.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- I know. - What do you think it'll grow into?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I think it will be...
0:08:51 > 0:08:56a pineapple, or maybe it will be one of those prickly plants,
0:08:56 > 0:09:01or maybe it will be one of those big, big, huge trees!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Um...Lola?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07It might just be a normal plant, with leaves.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Oh, no, Charlie. My plant is going to be an extremely special plant.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14LOLA HUMS HAPPILY
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Even if it is just a plant of leaves,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21maybe they will be in all different colours.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27- Or maybe it reach the ceiling.- It won't grow more if you don't sleep.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32And grow and grow and grow and grow...
0:09:33 > 0:09:35..high in the sky.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39LOLA LAUGHS
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Hmm.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07It's a flower, Charlie.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Yes. It's a flower.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12It's a white flower.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Yes. It's a white flower.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17SHE SNIFFS
0:10:17 > 0:10:19And it has a smell.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I have grown a smelling flower.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And do you like it?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I like it!
0:10:27 > 0:10:30LOLA LAUGHS
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Subtitles by Laura Jones Red Bee Media Ltd 2006
0:10:34 > 0:10:38E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk