Monday, January 30, 2012

How do plants grow in basic conditions?

How do plants grow in basic conditions(eg: Nutritious soil, good amount of water and sunlight)? Could you please be clear and easy to understand.

How do plants grow in basic conditions?
A plant germinates (if you're talking about one with seeds or spores.) A root grows from the seed, which starts sucking in nutrients and water from the soil. You have to water plants some, especially when they first start growing, so the nutrients in the soil are dissolved and become available for the root to suck up.



More roots grow, and they have little hairs or rootlets or some kind of structure to suck nutrients. The plant grows by cell division, but as it gets bigger, it develops little tubes so sap (xylem and phloem) can go up and down the stems and veins in the leaves.



The leaves develop and start photosynthesis, where chlorophyll changes sunlight to energy, and the sap from the leaves goes (usually) to the roots or storage part of the plant so energy is stored for later.



This all kinda goes on at the same time, with the plant becoming more complex as it divides more and stores and uses more energy. Later, you get flowers and fruit, maybe vines, thorns, tendrils...that depends on the plant.
Reply:Plants grow very well in well-watered and nutrient-rich soil with lots of sunlight. Those are the conditions that plants need and like.



"Basic," however could also be construed to mean "non-acidic." Plants prefer soil with neutral or slightly acidic pH. Extremes of soil pH can affect the uptake of ceertain nutrients.

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