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#1 - awesomechardey (01/28/2013) [-]
Because they grow "away" from gravity.
User avatar #5 to #1 - thepastryistrue (01/28/2013) [-]
wrong. They grow towards the light.
#155 to #5 - awesomechardey (01/29/2013) [-]
So tell me, how do they know, wich way to grow, when they are still underneath earth surface?
User avatar #77 to #5 - ningyoaijin (01/29/2013) [-]
Actually, plants do display gravitational tropism in addition to that withe regards to light. Plants grown in the dark still grow upwards, for the short time they survive.
User avatar #73 to #5 - Fallenurc (01/29/2013) [-]
Only small amounts of plants grow towards light.

Phototropism isn't the only tropism that exists. Some grow towards light, away from light and also grow towards as well as away from gravity (Geotropism). There is also thermotropism, thigmotropism.

User avatar #14 to #5 - popkornking (01/29/2013) [-]
wrong. They do both.
User avatar #63 to #14 - whysodamnserious **User deleted account** (01/29/2013) [-]
they do none, plants aren't real
User avatar #70 to #63 - popkornking (01/29/2013) [-]
They do all, they're 6th dimensional
#9 to #5 - N. Korean citizen (01/28/2013) [-]
If they're underground they know to grow up away from gravity so they do technically do that too.
User avatar #10 to #9 - thepastryistrue (01/28/2013) [-]
Technically that's right. Plants even react to mechanical stimulus (like climbing plants that react to mechanical resistance by changing the direction in which they grow).
Plants are pretty fucking awesome, if you think of it this way...
#2 to #1 - toggme ONLINE (01/28/2013) [-]
You know... no one asked..
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