Plants That Grow Without Seeds
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13 January 2026
Many plants can reproduce and grow without seeds through a process called vegetative propagation, where new plants develop from parts like stems, roots, bulbs, or spores
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1. Potato: Potatoes grow from tubers, which are thickened underground stems. The "eyes" on a potato tuber are buds that can sprout new plants
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2. Ginger: This plant propagates through rhizomes - horizontal underground stems. A piece of ginger root planted in soil can grow into a whole new plant
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3. Onion: Onions grow from bulbs, which are underground storage organs made of layered fleshy scales. Planting a bulb or even bulb segments can produce new onions
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4. Garlic: Each garlic clove acts like a mini bulb. When planted, it grows into a new garlic plant, making seedless reproduction easy
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5. Mint: This herb spreads rapidly through stem cuttings. A piece of mint stem planted in soil or water will develop roots and become a new plant
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6. Sugarcane: Sugarcane is propagated by planting stem cuttings called "setts." These cuttings develop roots and shoots to form new plants
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7. Banana: Bananas don't grow from seeds in commercial cultivation. Instead, new plants come from suckers (shoots) that grow from the base of the parent plant
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8. Tulip: Tulips reproduce by bulbs, which multiply underground over time to create new flowers without seeds
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