What Do You Grow Seedless Fruit From?

17 January 2017, 17:23

grapes

What do you grow seedless fruit from, if they don’t have seeds?

Mystery Hour Question

What do you grow seedless fruit from, if they don’t have seeds?

Ian, Welling

Answer

Name: Johnny, Ipswich 

Qualification: Taught it in year 9 biology

Answer: They’re not grown from a seed – they're grown from a cutting of a plant. You cut some of the plant and place it in soil, and then it grows, so it’s grown from a cutting as opposed to a seed.