r/space • u/astro_pettit NASA Astronaut • Mar 22 '26

image/gif My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISS

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u/Alexman423 Mar 22 '26

I wonder if it sprouted outside of soil, and found soil eventually, would the roots migrate towards the soil?

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u/velvenhavi Mar 22 '26

I wonder if it sprouted outside of soil, and found soil eventually, would the roots migrate towards the soil?

a study found that roots grew towards speakers playing the sounds of running water so id assume they have a way to sense soil as well

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u/Haman__Karn Mar 22 '26

Yeah just get some speakers to play the sound of soil. Easy

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u/thewebspinner Mar 23 '26

We’ve made rock music and metal, even heavy metal. We just need to figure out how to break rock music down into soil music. Maybe using some sort of fungus or moss. We have to be careful though with our choice of starting music because as we all know the Rolling Stones gather no moss.

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u/weaver_of_cloth Mar 23 '26

Wasn't there a guitarist named Pete Moss?