Deceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agoTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1285arrow-down1external-linkTIL Bananas are berries that grow on giant herbsen.wikipedia.orgDeceptichum@quokk.au to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-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-up41·12 hours 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-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 hours agoSo I’ve searched and searched and my wife and I watched a lot of YouTube timelapses and we couldn’t find one that grew that fast. Not saying it isn’t the max, but it’s probably very abnormal
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours agowikipedia cites this book for reference https://archive.org/details/amazingnumbersin0000flin
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 hours agoI feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoWell, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·12 hours agoI kinda feel like heat would be wasted energy that could be used to ｇｒｏｗ
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 hours agoI feel like bananas would be cold as hell if they were growing that fast.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoAbsorbing heat from hapless critters that happen to brush a banana leaf to g r o w
minus-squaredpflug@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoFun fact! The farmers rely on this effect to supply supplemental meat in the growing season.
holy shit
So I’ve searched and searched and my wife and I watched a lot of YouTube timelapses and we couldn’t find one that grew that fast. Not saying it isn’t the max, but it’s probably very abnormal
wikipedia cites this book for reference
https://archive.org/details/amazingnumbersin0000flin
I feel like they’d feel pretty warm to the touch if they are growing that fast.
Well, they do feel warm to the touch, but bananas only grow in warm and humid climates, so everything feels that way.
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.