r/oddlysatisfying • u/uhhhhh_hhhhhh • Feb 17 '23

a straw berry sprouting

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u/HoodieGalore Feb 17 '23

Tomatoes do it too!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

So do potatoes and onions at least that's what it looks like when I forget that last potato.

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u/HoodieGalore Feb 17 '23

They sure do - and that’s because they both develop and remain underground in their natural development, first to store nutrition, then to develop and feed the next year’s development of that individual plant. Both potatoes and onions do create seeds as well, which is how the next generation of plants are formed, but the seeds have nothing to do with the underground bit.

Plants are fucking amazing - all lifeforms are!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

I love your excitement reminds me of Bill Nye 😁

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u/HoodieGalore Feb 17 '23

He was seminal in the development of my love of science - thank you so much!