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Article by: John R. Haughton PLANT GROWTH & PHYSIOLOGY. (Part 5) There are three classes of plants. , Lawn Tractors - Buying the Right One Each of these classes metabolize in a different way. The first class are succulent plants , Growing an Indoor Herb Garden Year-Round called CAM. These plants , Landscaping - A Recreational Activity for Kids like low light , Gardening Tools - An Overview and high humidity levels and so thrive indoors, , Types Of Palm Trees in bathrooms , Landscaping - A Recreational Activity for Kids and kitchen , Organic Solutions For Pest Control areas. The second class of plants , Teak Patio Table - Why You Need One is called C4. These plants , Home Garden grow in hot , Aromatic Red Cedar Lawn Furniture - Add A Touch Of Luxury arid regions and are very efficient at using both Carbon , Growing an Indoor Herb Garden Year-Round Dioxide (CO2) and Sunlight. Most C4 plants , Weathervanes - Monitor your Wind Direction with Beauty! are grasses. , Herb Farming Is A Profitable Business The third and last class of plants , Ecological Landscape Design and Organic Lawn Care are called C3. These plants , General Lawn Maintenance Tips join two 3-Carbon atoms together to produce sugar. The chemical formula for sugar is C6H12O6 which is 6 Carbon, , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat 12 Hydrogen and 6 Oxygen atoms stuck together. Most of our favourite plants , Patented s are to be found in this class. HOW DOES A PLANT WORK? Like all living things, plants , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses breathe 24 hours a day. In order to make energy , Thyme: The Herb of Courage each plant , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside cell respires (converts plant , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial sugar to energy). The plant , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts uses Oxygen (O2) and expires, or breathes out, Carbon , Abatement With DDT Concept Needs Second Look Dioxide (CO2). In the same way that energy , Organic Solutions For Pest Control moves around the human body, so water, , Planting Tomatoes in Your Garden nutrients and plant , How To Check If Cut Flowers Are Fresh sugars are continually being transported around the plant , How to Choose the Right Bulbs for Your Spring Flower Garden body. The leaves create a circular flow with the roots. , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses This circulation occurs when the leaves draw up, water , Taking Care of Your Bonsai from the roots, , Growing an Indoor Herb Garden Year-Round through their Xylem. These are straw , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses like cells found in the plant , Marvellous May Colour stem. The water , Lawn Tractors - Buying the Right One continually evaporating from the leaves sucks up more water , Aromatic Red Cedar Lawn Furniture - Add A Touch Of Luxury from the roots , Thyme: The Herb of Courage and creates the internal water , Herb Farming Is A Profitable Business pressure that keeps the plant , Home Garden rigid. Thus if the plant , Teak Patio Table - Why You Need One is deprived of water, , General Lawn Maintenance Tips as in a drought, , General Lawn Maintenance Tips it loses its rigidity and begins to wilt when the internal pressure drops. The leaves return energy , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers to the roots , Is Your Fertilizer Poisoning You? in the form of sugar solutions. These are transported from the leaves via the plants , Gardening Tools - An Overview Phloem. These are also straw , Vacation Proofing your Garden like cells found in the plant , Weathervanes - Monitor your Wind Direction with Beauty! stem. In this way the leaves exchange sugars for water , General Lawn Maintenance Tips and nutrients, while the roots , Is Your Fertilizer Poisoning You? exchange water , Growing an Indoor Herb Garden Year-Round and nutrients for sugar solutions. This liquid circulation is constant and continuous throughout the life of the plant. , ing Tomatoes in Your Garden THE MAIN PLANT PARTS. The 3 main parts of a plant , Blower Fans are the Roots, , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts 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, , Teak Patio Table - Why You Need One as well as being the most difficult to see should a problem occur. The Roots: The miracle of growth starts at the roots. , 9-11 Changed Everything for the Garden Tractor Business As already mentioned, roots , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 2) Plant Needs transport nutrients up to their leaves and plant , Lawn Tractors - Buying the Right One sugars are returned by the leaves. The roots , African Violet Care 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 , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat ball and therefore the amount of starch that can be stored, determines the success of the plant , Herb Farming Is A Profitable Business in terms of growth and productivity. The size of the root , Home Garden system is directly affected by the amount of moisture, , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside the temperature, , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat the available Oxygen and the supply of plant , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial sugars being transported down from the leaves. According to Graham Reinders, in his book "How to Supercharge Your Garden", a research Rye plant , Weathervanes - Monitor your Wind Direction with Beauty! in a 12 inch pot , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside was said to have had 14 billion root , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial 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 , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside system is the more energy , Blower Fans (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 , Gardening During Hard Times or Emergencies - You Can Feed Yourself! will then have the capability to grow , Vacation Proofing your Garden stronger. The end result of this is that the leaves will be able to pass more plant , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat sugars back down to the roots , Affordable Landscaping to Add Curb Appeal to Your Home and so the cycle continues. Another factor to be taken into account is the root , Plastic & Resin Patio Furniture What You Dont Know medium. Plants , The Perfect Beginner Perennial Flower take their nourishment from the medium surrounding their roots. , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses It stands to reason that the less energy , Blower Fans the plant , Mulchers - A Buying Guide has to expend in order to get that nourishment the more energy , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat it will have available to use for growth and nutrient exchange with its leaves. Because a plant , Flower Garden in Urban Environment takes most of its water , Gardening During Hard Times or Emergencies - You Can Feed Yourself! in via its roots, , Marvellous May Plant Colour (the root , Ecological Landscape Design and Organic Lawn Care hairs trapping the water , Lawn Tractors - Buying the Right One molecules surrounding it) and transpires about 99% of that water , Garden for Birds #4 out via its leaves, it will wilt and fall , Gardening Tools - An Overview over if its roots , Lawn Tractors - Buying the Right One cannot extract enough water , The Best Types Of Fish For Your Garden Pond out of its surrounding medium. A plant , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses growing in the ground will take its moisture , How to Use Garden Ornaments from the surrounding soil. , The Perfect Beginner Perennial Flower This moisture , Taming Your Outdoors normally gets into the soil , Control Weeds Effectively In Your Garden as rain and the plant , How to Choose the Right Bulbs for Your Spring Flower Garden absorbs that rain and the nutrients that have dissolved in it, via its root , Lawn Mower Guide - How to Prepare your Lawn Mower for the Season hairs. After the rain has stopped the topsoil quickly dries out as the water , Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting is Becoming the Product of Choice for Millions of Consumers filters into the ground. Because of this drying out the plant , Gardening During Hard Times or Emergencies - You Can Feed Yourself! has developed a means of absorbing Oxygen via its upper roots. , Marvellous May Plant Colour The top third of the roots , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses become specialized as "Air Roots" while the bottom third becomes specialized as "Water Roots". It is vital to ensure that the Air , Affordable Landscaping to Add Curb Appeal to Your Home Roots are not kept constantly wet as this will result in the plant , Taming Your Outdoors drowning. The Water , Aromatic Red Cedar Lawn Furniture - Add A Touch Of Luxury Roots however, may be kept wet all the time, providing that the water , Control Weeds Effectively In Your Garden has sufficient Oxygen dissolved in it. Insufficient Oxygen will result in roots , Gardening Tools - An Overview with brown, discoloured root tips , Transplanting s and subsequent infections. Healthy , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat roots are a crisp, white , Abatement With DDT Concept Needs Second Look looking structure. The plant , Home Garden is quite capable of healthy , The Annual Pond Cleanout living with the roots , African Violet Care exposed to light , Is Your Fertilizer Poisoning You? as long as they remain moist. However, light , Garden Planning will encourage the growth of Algae which will cause odours. The Algae will also compete with the plant , The Meanings Behind the Colors of Roses for Oxygen during the dark periods and nutrients in the light , Aromatic Red Cedar Lawn Furniture - Add A Touch Of Luxury ones. This, of course will mean the plant , African Violet Care 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 , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside convert these sugars, from the leaves, into energy , Herb Farming Is A Profitable Business (Starch). Copyright (C) 2004, 2005. J R Haughton. ITEC MIPTI --- All Rights Reserved ---A partner in a thriving retail Hydroponics , How to Use Garden Ornaments supply business, Rickie Haughton is the owner of hydroponics-gardening-information.com which aims to cater for all levels of expertise in the field of hydroponics gardening. , Flower Garden in Urban Environment The website is packed with good content about all aspects of Hydroponics Gardening, , Home Garden offers a free Club Membership to all subscribers and access to our Blog. |
  
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