Thread: how do bulbs get buried so deep? pick-axe in transplanting
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Old 16-05-2009, 10:56 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
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Default physics of tulip bulbs how do bulbs get buried so deep? pick-axe in transplanting
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This bulb question should be easy enough to experiment with and find
the
correct answer. I happen to think the answer is that the Action
Reaction of
leaf to bulb.


The bulb is a living thing and capable of growing. It is also possible for
the bulb to just grow downwards. Roots grow downwards, they are not pushed
into the soil by force transmitted through the stem from the leaves above.

Sean

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