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This blew my mind when I first learned it (old.reddit.com)

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The original was posted on /r/gardening by /u/Altruistic-Captain45 on 2024-11-07 13:13:37+00:00.

According to most scientific information, around 95% of a plant's elements come from the atmosphere, primarily in the form of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen obtained from carbon dioxide and water vapor in the air; the remaining 5% comes from minerals absorbed through the roots from the soil.

I've been a gardener all my life and I didn't know this until about five years ago. Until then I just assumed it was the other way around.

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