I need some assistance with developing a response to this post according to the following guidelines.

The material I need to base the response on is in the image below. I've also included the original question.

For each response post, you should interact with at least two of the points made in a fellow student's original post (how sound/logical are each of those two points, how well supported are they, etc.). You should also add your own new twist to what the author of the original post says (and this "new twist" should not be simply a repetition of something you said in your own original post or your other response post!).

Step 1- The problem to be solved is for the 40 black swallowtail caterpillars not to emerge early and with defects by using a combination of food, fertilizer, and brood season. Step 2- The explanatory variables that affect the response variables are whether to use parsley or carrots, liquid, or solid fertilizer, and either early or late brood season. Two lurking variables that may affect the outcome are temperature and humidity. Step 3- The sample size for this experiment are 8 identical pots with 5 black swallowtail caterpillars of similar age. Step 4- Four pots are to have carrots, two of which are in the early brooding season, and two are in the late. Of the two one will have liquid and one will have solid fertilizer. Same for the four pots with parsley. All pots will have equal amounts of soil and water to stay consistent. All pots were placed together outside during their set brooding seasons to minimize the lurking variables of temperature and humidity. Step 5- Conducting the experiment during each brooding season and annotating daily results to ensure an accurate evaluation of daily events and record the findings to establish results. Step 6- Testing the claim and recording the results seemed to tell us that the early brooding season allowed for longer emergence period as well as far less deformities. Across the board for sloid to liquid fertilizer, it appears the solid fertilizer caused more deformities than the liquid. It also showed me that the type of food may not be as much of explanatory factor after all. Conclusion- Given the results and the findings I am 90% confident that with and early brood season and with liquid fertilizer the yield rate of non-deformed black swallowtail caterpillars is much greater than those in the late brooding or using solid fertilizer. It is also represented that whether parsley or carrots used will not force the response variables one way or the other Step 1- The problem to be solved is for the 40 black swallowtail caterpillars not to emerge early and with defects by using a combination of food, fertilizer, and brood season. Step 2- The explanatory variables that affect the response variables are whether to use parsley or carrots, liquid, or solid fertilizer, and either early or late brood season. Two lurking variables that may affect the outcome are temperature and humidity. Step 3- The sample size for this experiment are 8 identical pots with 5 black swallowtail caterpillars of similar age. Step 4- Four pots are to have carrots, two of which are in the early brooding season, and two are in the late. Of the two one will have liquid and one will have solid fertilizer. Same for the four pots with parsley. All pots will have equal amounts of soil and water to stay consistent. All pots were placed together outside during their set brooding seasons to minimize the lurking variables of temperature and humidity. Step 5- Conducting the experiment during each brooding season and annotating daily results to ensure an accurate evaluation of daily events and record the findings to establish results. Step 6- Testing the claim and recording the results seemed to tell us that the early brooding season allowed for longer emergence period as well as far less deformities. Across the board for sloid to liquid fertilizer, it appears the solid fertilizer caused more deformities than the liquid. It also showed me that the type of food may not be as much of explanatory factor after all. Conclusion- Given the results and the findings I am 90% confident that with and early brood season and with liquid fertilizer the yield rate of non-deformed black swallowtail caterpillars is much greater than those in the late brooding or using solid fertilizer. It is also represented that whether parsley or carrots used will not force the response variables one way or the other