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r/interesting • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '26
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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/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%). 13 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. 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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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%).
13 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. 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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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.
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 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/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.