Plants are everywhere around us, but how do plants grow and what makes plants grow? There are many things plants need to grow such as water, nutrients, air, light, temperature, space, and lots of time.
Plants grow from seeds because the seeds contain an embryonic plant and stored food. Once the seed is planted the seed will get the signal to start to grow first the roots will pop out of the shell then the plant will start to sprout once the plant has sprouted it can make its own food and it won't need the stored food in the seed.
There are at least 350,000 different kinds of plants, from the tiny ones you can’t see without a microscope to giant trees that make up forests and jungles. Plants grow under the sea on mountain tops and in the desert. Plants have even found ways to live where people can’t live.
Any plant that you can plant from a seed and flowers to make seeds in a few months is a fast grower. Herbs, veggies, outdoor plants, garden flowering plants are all fast growers. Usually, these plants are from temperate environments where the race to reproduce is on. Temperate plants must go from seed to seed in a few month's time, and if they don’t, winter frost will end their chances.
In conclusion, plants need four basic things to grow. Air, water, nutrients, and sunlight. During the process of photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide to make food and release oxygen, as a result, roots carry water and nutrients to the plant.
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