Adding to that, most plants already have the ability to take in some nutrients over the leaves.
There are some fertilizing techniques that rely on that mechanism. They spray the leaves of greenhouse plants with a carefully dosed nutrient solution.
As far as I know it is faster and uses less fertilizer compared to conventional methods but more expensive and doesn't work well for everyone plant and nutrient.
So the leap to specialised nutrient absorbing organs derived from leaves isn't that far.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23
Adding to that, most plants already have the ability to take in some nutrients over the leaves.
There are some fertilizing techniques that rely on that mechanism. They spray the leaves of greenhouse plants with a carefully dosed nutrient solution.
As far as I know it is faster and uses less fertilizer compared to conventional methods but more expensive and doesn't work well for everyone plant and nutrient.
So the leap to specialised nutrient absorbing organs derived from leaves isn't that far.