Howdy! Matt here with the Farming Report! It is getting close to planting time and in anticipation of planting we are going to look at Random plant facts today! :)
Here are some fun facts about random plants!
*Do you know that an average strawberry has about 200 seeds. And it is the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.
*Cabbage has 91% water.
*Apple is 25% air, that is why it floats on water.
*Apple,Onions & potatoes have same taste, don’t believe it.Here is the test: Pinch your nose & taste all 3 ,find any difference?
*Carrots were originally purple in color.
*When an insect touches the hairs of a Venus Fly Trap it triggers the plant to close, trapping its victim before killing and dissolving it in acid.
*Elephant grass in Africa is named after elephants as it is about 4.5 meter high and even elephants can hide in this grass .
*The Baobab tree in Africa is an amazing plant.It is known for its water storage capacity in it trunk.It can store 1,000 liters to 120,000 liters of water in its swollen trunk.
*The first diesel engine ran on peanut oil.
*84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water.
*Rice paper isn’t made from rice but from a small tree which grows in Taiwan.
*Trees get about 90% of their nutrition from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide, etc), and only about 10% from the soil.
*The averaged size tree can provide enough wood to make 170,000 pencils.
*The world’s tallest tree is a Sequoia (or California Redwood) in California; it is more than 360 feet tall.
Well That's all for now See you next week!!
~Matt~
Do you have a Fruit or Vegetable you would like to see some fun facts on? Ask Below or on the Farming Report page. :)
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