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Article by: John R. Haughton PLANT GROWTH & PHYSIOLOGY. (Part 5) There are three classes of plants. , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction to Hydroponics Gardening for Beginners (part 16) Temperature Each of these classes metabolize in a different way. The first class are succulent plants , Basics of Pruning Roses called CAM. These plants , Planning the Vegetable Patch like low light , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden and high humidity levels and so thrive indoors, , The MorrowPond Garden - Soil Management in bathrooms , November Gardening Tips and kitchen , 3 Easy Steps to Growing Plants from Seed areas. The second class of plants , Fleur De Lotus: Purity in a Sullied World is called C4. These plants , Soil, Drainage, and Water grow in hot , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips arid regions and are very efficient at using both Carbon , Care and Repair of Garden Tools Dioxide (CO2) and Sunlight. Most C4 plants , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells are grasses. , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit The third and last class of plants , Growing Nostalgic "Old Roses" In Your Garden are called C3. These plants , Wildlife in Winter Ponds join two 3-Carbon atoms together to produce sugar. The chemical formula for sugar is C6H12O6 which is 6 Carbon, , About Crocuses 12 Hydrogen and 6 Oxygen atoms stuck together. Most of our favourite plants , Planning the Vegetable Patch are to be found in this class. HOW DOES A PLANT WORK? Like all living things, plants , Safe Pest Control Tips breathe 24 hours a day. In order to make energy , Discount Patio Furniture An Easy Way to Get the Best each plant , Managing the Hobby Greenhouse cell respires (converts plant , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit sugar to energy). The plant , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells uses Oxygen (O2) and expires, or breathes out, Carbon , Bottle Gardening or Terrarium - Design and Maintenance Dioxide (CO2). In the same way that energy , Landscaping 101 moves around the human body, so water, , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden nutrients and plant , Planning the Vegetable Patch sugars are continually being transported around the plant , Brilliant Corners: House s and Your Health body. The leaves create a circular flow with the roots. , About Crocuses This circulation occurs when the leaves draw up, water , Soil, Drainage, and from the roots, , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction to Hydroponics Gardening for Beginners (part 16) Temperature through their Xylem. These are straw , Garden Pond Construction like cells found in the plant , Care and Repair of Garden Tools stem. The water , Creating a Balanced Garden Pond continually evaporating from the leaves sucks up more water , Fleur De Lotus: Purity in a Sullied World from the roots , Turn Your Patio Into A Voluminous Vegetable Garden and creates the internal water , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial pressure that keeps the plant , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit rigid. Thus if the plant , Care and Repair of Garden Tools is deprived of water, , Managing the Hobby Greenhouse as in a drought, , Landscaping 101 it loses its rigidity and begins to wilt when the internal pressure drops. The leaves return energy , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden to the roots , Safe Pest Control Tips in the form of sugar solutions. These are transported from the leaves via the plants , Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden Phloem. These are also straw , Adirondack Chairs - How to Care for and Clean Them like cells found in the plant , Landscaping 101 stem. In this way the leaves exchange sugars for water , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips and nutrients, while the roots , November Gardening Tips exchange water , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit and nutrients for sugar solutions. This liquid circulation is constant and continuous throughout the life of the plant. , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells THE MAIN PLANT PARTS. The 3 main parts of a plant , Growing Nostalgic "Old Roses" In Your Garden are the Roots, , 3 Easy Steps to Growing Plants from Seed the Stems and the Leaves. Each of these parts is of great importance and any problem that arises in any of them will be a major one. The most sensitive part is the roots, , Garden Sheds as well as being the most difficult to see should a problem occur. The Roots: The miracle of growth starts at the roots. , November Gardening Tips As already mentioned, roots , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden transport nutrients up to their leaves and plant , Landscaping 101 sugars are returned by the leaves. The roots , Managing the Hobby Greenhouse also act as storerooms for the excess sugars that are produced by the leaves. These sugars are stored in the form of starch. The size of the root , History of the Adirondack Chair ball and therefore the amount of starch that can be stored, determines the success of the plant , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells in terms of growth and productivity. The size of the root , Attracting Birds To Your Garden system is directly affected by the amount of moisture, , Discount Patio Furniture An Easy Way to Get the Best the temperature, , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips the available Oxygen and the supply of plant , Attracting Birds To Your Garden sugars being transported down from the leaves. According to Graham Reinders, in his book "How to Supercharge Your Garden", a research Rye plant , Growing Nostalgic "Old Roses" In Your Garden in a 12 inch pot , Seed Starting Tips was said to have had 14 billion root , Cold Frame Greenhouse - Maximize The Natural Warmth Of The Sun hairs. These hairs would have stretched 6200 miles (nearly 10,000 km) if placed end to end and covered an area of 180ft by 180ft (about 55m by 55m). The greater the root , Selecting the Right Roses for Your Garden system is the more energy , About Crocuses (starch) it will be able to store and so, the more nutrients it will be able to send up to nourish the leaves. The plant , Patio Awnings Add to Your Outdoor Fun will then have the capability to grow , November Gardening Tips stronger. The end result of this is that the leaves will be able to pass more plant , Natural Garden Pest Control sugars back down to the roots , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells and so the cycle continues. Another factor to be taken into account is the root , The Uses of Compost! medium. Plants , A Couple of Good Places to Buy Lawnmowers take their nourishment from the medium surrounding their roots. , Adirondack Chairs - How to Care for and Clean Them It stands to reason that the less energy , 3 Easy Steps to Growing Plants from Seed the plant , Lawn Edging has to expend in order to get that nourishment the more energy , Theme Gardens it will have available to use for growth and nutrient exchange with its leaves. Because a plant , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips takes most of its water , The Uses of Compost! in via its roots, , Cold Frame Greenhouse - Maximize The Natural Warmth Of The Sun (the root , The Best Types Of Fish For Your Garden Pond hairs trapping the water , Brilliant Corners: House Plants and Your Health molecules surrounding it) and transpires about 99% of that water , Planning the Vegetable Patch out via its leaves, it will wilt and fall , Preformed Pond Liners over if its roots , Some Great Ideas for Spring Patio Furniture cannot extract enough water , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style out of its surrounding medium. A plant , Seed Starting Tips growing in the ground will take its moisture , November Gardening Tips from the surrounding soil. , Garden Pond Construction This moisture , Theme Gardens normally gets into the soil , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit as rain and the plant , Cold Frame Greenhouse - Maximize The Natural Warmth Of The Sun absorbs that rain and the nutrients that have dissolved in it, via its root , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open hairs. After the rain has stopped the topsoil quickly dries out as the water , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style filters into the ground. Because of this drying out the plant , Fleur De Lotus: Purity in a Sullied World has developed a means of absorbing Oxygen via its upper roots. , November Gardening Tips The top third of the roots , Orchid Care What The Flower Tells become specialized as "Air Roots" while the bottom third becomes specialized as "Water Roots". It is vital to ensure that the Air , Preformed Pond Liners Roots are not kept constantly wet as this will result in the plant , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style drowning. The Water , Seed Starting Tips Roots however, may be kept wet all the time, providing that the water , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden has sufficient Oxygen dissolved in it. Insufficient Oxygen will result in roots , Selecting the Right Roses for Your Garden with brown, discoloured root tips , Wildlife in Winter Ponds and subsequent infections. Healthy , Lawn Edging roots are a crisp, white , Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden looking structure. The plant , The Perfect Beginner Perennial Flower is quite capable of healthy , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial living with the roots , Managing the Hobby Greenhouse exposed to light , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction to Hydroponics Gardening for Beginners (part 16) Temperature as long as they remain moist. However, light , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open will encourage the growth of Algae which will cause odours. The Algae will also compete with the plant , About Crocuses for Oxygen during the dark periods and nutrients in the light , Wildlife in Winter Ponds ones. This, of course will mean the plant , Soil, Drainage, and Water has to work harder in order to produce sufficient sugars for its needs. The Oxygen produced during the dark periods is used to help the roots , History of the Adirondack Chair convert these sugars, from the leaves, into energy , Wildlife in Winter Ponds (Starch). Copyright (C) 2004, 2005. J R Haughton. 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