Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
Banana trees are made up of giant leaves, not a trunk. So they’re more like a giant onion instead of a tree.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days ago They are fast-growing plants, with a growth rate of up to 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) per day.[5] holy shit
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpflug@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
holy shit
I feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
I kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
I feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
Absorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
Fun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.