An explanation of why roots are important to a plant. An ecologist, Dawn, shows a pot plant with restricted room for its roots, which are all knotted together. Dawn explains how roots anchor a ...

This is then developed into the shoots growing upwards creating leaves and buds, as the roots spread down into ... repeating followed by watering each plant. Individual. Growing upwards and ...

Despite this dependence, plants retain less than 5% of the water absorbed by roots for cell expansion and plant growth. The remainder passes through plants directly into the atmosphere ...