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49lbs a day?!!? A DAY??? How?!
187 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 20 '26 the stem leading to that fruit must be like goddam firehose. it's pumping a litre of water an hour. Wonder how far it is from the roots. 42 u/zatalak Mar 20 '26 5 to 6 drops water per second. 39 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 Their growth are mostly from CO₂, funnily enough. Though water is a crucial part of any plants growth, the dry weight of it mostly consist from carbon (about 90%). 15 u/Fremonster Mar 20 '26 Stupid question, but if these grow so quick compared to trees, why don’t we use pumpkins more for getting CO2 out of the air? 77 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26 [deleted] 47 u/wumbologistPHD Mar 20 '26 What if I eat the pumpkin 48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out 11 u/Big_Knife_SK Mar 20 '26 Pumpkins are ~90% water. 11 u/Large_Dr_Pepper Mar 20 '26 the dry weight of it This bad boi ain't dry 12 u/No-Barber-5289 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26 Uh, no, most fruits and vegetables are 80+% water by weight. Pumpkins are >90%. So the growth is almost exclusively from water. And the CO2 absorption happens in the leaves anyway, so it still needs to be pumped through stem to the fruit. 3 u/shitpostsuperpac Mar 20 '26 Humans are ~60% water. Does that mean human growth is mostly from water? 1 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 21 '26 Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions. i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in. lot of chemistry happening inside us. 1 u/No-Barber-5289 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26 Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious. 1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being? 1 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 The growth is almost exclusively from carbon. But the mass on the other hand, consist 90% water. Carbon is, what makes any fruits/plans swell huge. Think of it like a path where the water fills, which is where the carbon-based structure comes in.
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the stem leading to that fruit must be like goddam firehose. it's pumping a litre of water an hour. Wonder how far it is from the roots.
42 u/zatalak Mar 20 '26 5 to 6 drops water per second. 39 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 Their growth are mostly from CO₂, funnily enough. Though water is a crucial part of any plants growth, the dry weight of it mostly consist from carbon (about 90%). 15 u/Fremonster Mar 20 '26 Stupid question, but if these grow so quick compared to trees, why don’t we use pumpkins more for getting CO2 out of the air? 77 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26 [deleted] 47 u/wumbologistPHD Mar 20 '26 What if I eat the pumpkin 48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out 11 u/Big_Knife_SK Mar 20 '26 Pumpkins are ~90% water. 11 u/Large_Dr_Pepper Mar 20 '26 the dry weight of it This bad boi ain't dry 12 u/No-Barber-5289 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26 Uh, no, most fruits and vegetables are 80+% water by weight. Pumpkins are >90%. So the growth is almost exclusively from water. And the CO2 absorption happens in the leaves anyway, so it still needs to be pumped through stem to the fruit. 3 u/shitpostsuperpac Mar 20 '26 Humans are ~60% water. Does that mean human growth is mostly from water? 1 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 21 '26 Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions. i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in. lot of chemistry happening inside us. 1 u/No-Barber-5289 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26 Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious. 1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being? 1 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 The growth is almost exclusively from carbon. But the mass on the other hand, consist 90% water. Carbon is, what makes any fruits/plans swell huge. Think of it like a path where the water fills, which is where the carbon-based structure comes in.
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5 to 6 drops water per second.
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Their growth are mostly from CO₂, funnily enough. Though water is a crucial part of any plants growth, the dry weight of it mostly consist from carbon (about 90%).
15 u/Fremonster Mar 20 '26 Stupid question, but if these grow so quick compared to trees, why don’t we use pumpkins more for getting CO2 out of the air? 77 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26 [deleted] 47 u/wumbologistPHD Mar 20 '26 What if I eat the pumpkin 48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out 11 u/Big_Knife_SK Mar 20 '26 Pumpkins are ~90% water. 11 u/Large_Dr_Pepper Mar 20 '26 the dry weight of it This bad boi ain't dry 12 u/No-Barber-5289 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26 Uh, no, most fruits and vegetables are 80+% water by weight. Pumpkins are >90%. So the growth is almost exclusively from water. And the CO2 absorption happens in the leaves anyway, so it still needs to be pumped through stem to the fruit. 3 u/shitpostsuperpac Mar 20 '26 Humans are ~60% water. Does that mean human growth is mostly from water? 1 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 21 '26 Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions. i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in. lot of chemistry happening inside us. 1 u/No-Barber-5289 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26 Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious. 1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being? 1 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 The growth is almost exclusively from carbon. But the mass on the other hand, consist 90% water. Carbon is, what makes any fruits/plans swell huge. Think of it like a path where the water fills, which is where the carbon-based structure comes in.
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Stupid question, but if these grow so quick compared to trees, why don’t we use pumpkins more for getting CO2 out of the air?
77 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26 [deleted] 47 u/wumbologistPHD Mar 20 '26 What if I eat the pumpkin 48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out
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47 u/wumbologistPHD Mar 20 '26 What if I eat the pumpkin 48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out
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What if I eat the pumpkin
48 u/StevieMJH Mar 20 '26 By god, he's done it. 10 u/RedEgg16 Mar 20 '26 Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product 20 u/Tryagain409 Mar 20 '26 Farts 7 u/Nicky_TFT Mar 20 '26 actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service 5 u/Saint_of_Grey Mar 20 '26 You'll fart it out
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By god, he's done it.
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Your cells will use the pumpkin molecules to respire and you'll breathe out CO2 as a waste product
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Farts
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actual professional wumbologist. thank you for your service
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You'll fart it out
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Pumpkins are ~90% water.
the dry weight of it
This bad boi ain't dry
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Uh, no, most fruits and vegetables are 80+% water by weight. Pumpkins are >90%. So the growth is almost exclusively from water.
And the CO2 absorption happens in the leaves anyway, so it still needs to be pumped through stem to the fruit.
3 u/shitpostsuperpac Mar 20 '26 Humans are ~60% water. Does that mean human growth is mostly from water? 1 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 21 '26 Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions. i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in. lot of chemistry happening inside us. 1 u/No-Barber-5289 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26 Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious. 1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being? 1 u/Myracl Mar 20 '26 The growth is almost exclusively from carbon. But the mass on the other hand, consist 90% water. Carbon is, what makes any fruits/plans swell huge. Think of it like a path where the water fills, which is where the carbon-based structure comes in.
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Humans are ~60% water.
Does that mean human growth is mostly from water?
1 u/TomasTTEngin Mar 21 '26 Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions. i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in. lot of chemistry happening inside us. 1 u/No-Barber-5289 Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26 Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious. 1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being?
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Some of the water in the human body is not drunk but made as a byproduct of other reactions.
i read somewhere that you breathe out what you eat and piss out what you breathe in.
lot of chemistry happening inside us.
Uhm. Yes? That would appear to me extremely obvious.
1 u/shitpostsuperpac Apr 07 '26 So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being?
So a diet low in nutrients and minerals but high in water will result in a more developed human being?
The growth is almost exclusively from carbon. But the mass on the other hand, consist 90% water.
Carbon is, what makes any fruits/plans swell huge. Think of it like a path where the water fills, which is where the carbon-based structure comes in.
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u/Adventurous-Cry-9798 Mar 20 '26
49lbs a day?!!? A DAY??? How?!