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The greatest part of that continuously added mass is just water pumped from the soil.

When you compute the added dry mass per second, divided by the mass of the plant, the rate is still big, but much less impressive.



That’s what I’m going to tell myself when I stand on the bathroom scale in the morning. “I’m not fat, if I just compute my dry mass, I’m in superb condition.”


> That’s what I’m going to tell myself when I stand on the bathroom scale in the morning. “I’m not fat, if I just compute my dry mass, I’m in superb condition.”

So fun fact: I like to weigh myself before and after long runs on sunday (15mi+). 5lbs to 7lbs difference. All water. You really can sweat off 7lbs of your weight in a couple hours if you want to.


Reminds me my little brother in high school, running for hours in a rubber suit to make his weight.


probably mostly respiration?


Yes, most weight loss is indeed through respiration, believe it or not!

https://youtu.be/C8ialLlcdcw?si=Hz_PHtrFElw6jgtr




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