answersLogoWhite

0

Why do potato plants follow the sun?

Updated: 8/16/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

Best Answer

I suspect that like most green plants the potato has gibberellins (growth hormones) in the stem that migrate to the side of the stem opposite the sun. On that side they stimulate stem growth, causing the stem to bend towards the sun.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why do potato plants follow the sun?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Can you eat potato from a decorative potato plant?

CAn you eat a decrative potato plants potato?


What kind of potato plants have white flowers?

Most potato plants have white flowers. Sweet potatoes are the only potato plants without white flowers. (they have no flowers)


Does new plants grow from the roots of sweet potato?

Yes,new plants grow from the roots of potato, sweet potato, ginger and turmeric.


How do plants adapt with their habitat?

Some plants can change the angle of their leaves to follow the sun, they also have ways to deal with excess light or water.


What plants have iron?

potato


Is a potato a flower?

The potato itself is a tuber, but potato plants are flowering plants and as such do indeed have flowers.


What looks like a potato but there are no potato plants around?

Kumara, also known as sweet potato


Can potato beetles be pets?

Potato beetles probably can not eat lettuce. Potato beetles evolved in the Rocky Mountains of North America. They could only live on a plant similar to a potato. When farmers began growing potatoes, they moved to potato plants. They were able to live on their original hosts as well as potato plants. In fact, potato plants provided a better place for them. So, the fact that they were unable to spread until they could move to potato plants makes it seem like it will be difficult to find somewhere else they can grow.


What color flowers do potato plants have?

The flower from a red potato plant is small and lavenderish with a yellow stigma in the center.


How do potato plants reproduce?

idunno


Do potato have cilia?

No plants have cilia.


Why does the sun need plants?

the sun doesn't need plants, plants need the sun.