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Hmm.. alright. Any way you think to move it a little faster?

I see... I still do have the syrup and the paper towel going, however, I don't have much syrup in the cup, which may be a reason. despite that, i do see progress, but again, very slow. http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8167/stem.jpg What are your thoughts of that? This is more of what I actually have tested so far: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8239/stem2.jpg I'm still a little confused EXACTLY what shape you want this to take. Thanks.

Sorry for the delayed response. I conducted that little experiment. I do notice how the water continues to travel. I tried it with syrup, I didn't see any effect, unless it was simply very minimal. That being said, if I were to get this to work, how would I let it go back down?

I honestly haven't tried it. I'm waiting until the school week starts and before I even think about purchasing supplies (where would I find capillary tubes?)

Teacher is forcing us to use syrup for a grade . if i had capillary tubes, would baking soda/vinegar push it up then once it's done reacting let gravity pull it down? or you think syrup is too thick?

Basically I don't care how I get it done; I just need to get syrup to travel up and down "passively.". I just thought of using a siphon somehow or a chemical reaction to push it up then once reaction is over to let gravity pull it back down. I'm just wondering whether or not these could be plausible ways to get it without myself manually moving things throughout the processes.

Thanks for the reply. the issue I'm having is how would I have it go down, then back up, or vice versa? I know how to get the siphon to go upward. Another suggestion my father gave me was possibly try a chemical reaction such as baking soda and vinegar or take a 2 liter of pop, have it be opened, HOPEFULLY push the syrup up, then let gravity pull it back down. Any of these seem reasonable?

How could I somehow get syrup to travel up and down a tube via passive transport? It's for a school project. I can't help the project. I might be able to get away with starting the siphon, then letting it do whatever, though. I just don't know how I'd get the syrup to travel back up? unless someone has other ideas? thanks. Btw, it's supposed to replicate phloem.