There is something about this shot that reminds me of the close up photos that were part of the ‘Ask The Family’ TV format back in the 70’s, in which, an everyday object was photographed close up and looked very space age, then as the camera drew back it turned out to be a kitchen colander.
This photo is of the adventitious roots on a Moneymaker tomato plant that I potted on from a 10 cm to 12.7 cm pot. Adventitious roots develop from the stem as opposed to the initial root that comes from the radicle of the seed embryo.
When I transferred my tomato seedlings I planted them deep in the compost, up to the seed leaves. This allows the buried hairy bits on the stem to develop into adventitious roots. Adventitious roots make for a stronger, more vigorous plant.
And whilst adventuring to find out about the different root systems I also learnt, in ‘ATF’ worthy style, that the tomato is a Dicotyledon, meaning there are two cotyledons present in the seed ( as opposed to a Monocotyledon which has only one cotyledon) .
Spot a colander at 40 paces, me !!
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