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- thosethat
if seedless grapes produce no seeds... how are they grown..?
surely they'll just run out one day..?
- nessdog0
Most fruits today do not come from seeds. They come from cuttings instead. This is true of grapes, blueberries, apples, cherries, etc. (pretty much all fruits except citrus, although scientists are working on that, too). A piece of a vine or branch is cut off, dipped in rooting hormone and then placed in moist dirt so that roots and leaves form. Because they come from cuttings, new grapevines are essentially clones of the vine they were cut from.
Seedless grapes actually do contain seeds at some point. But a genetic error prevents the seeds from forming hard outer coats like normal seeds do.
- thosethat0
i'm eating some organic seedless grapes...
rooting hormone..?
clones..?
genetic error..?
surely not..?
- nessdog0
you're fucked n00b :(.
- IamFerris0
if seedless grapes produce no seeds... how are they grown..?
surely they'll just run out one day..?
thosethat
(mar 23 04, 03:18)My head hurts...
- Soler0
I thought nessdog was a botanist, looks like he just searched the science page
- bmxboy0
...she
- bmxboy0
don't you just love pointless facts!
- DutchBoy0
amazing!!
- Soler0
my apologies nessdog
- GreedoLives0
Tuesday Trivia:
i read somewhere that if it is particularly hot early on in the growing season (like in florida or california), seeds do not form. however, once the fruit is picked and sits around for a while, the seeds will form.
- scarabin0
it's like growing sensimilla.
- rasko40
on a side note, aren't plastic plants the coolest thing ever, imagine being able to reply when asked how you made your millions "Oh, you know.. I manufacture plastic plants, we have a catalogue of over 6,495 species of plastic plants, our plastic plants are shipped to steak houses and motels across all 50 states as well as international locations, our fine range of plastic plants have been used as backdrops in more than two Hollywood movies and have helped provide additional ambience to a number of Ron Jeremy movies."
- thosethat0
plastic fruit is nice...
quite valuable too...
collecters items they are...