So, the next time you eat a ginger root, cut a rose, or pull a strawberry runner, remember: You aren't just moving a plant. You are continuing a lineage of clones that have been perfecting the art of "copy and paste" for millions of years.
Go look at your kitchen potato. How many "eyes" does it have? That is how many potential plants are sleeping in your pantry right now. vegetative propagation by stem
Unlike humans, plants don't need dating apps or seeds to make babies. Sometimes, they just use a piece of their own body—a stem—to build a clone army. Vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction. The offspring is a clone (100% identical DNA to the parent). So, the next time you eat a ginger