Answer:
"the plants had already started growing."
Explanation:
I think this is the answer because the definition of a dependent variable is the variable that is being affected by the change. Since the plants had already started growing BECAUSE of "They ran out of the farmer's compost, so
some of the plants received that compost
when the seeds were planted and other
plants got hardware store compost after
the plants had already started growing."
Sorry if I am wrong, I am just a 4th grader, pls don't hate on me, I am just trying to help :)
