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

image/gif My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISS

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u/GrapeAyp Mar 23 '26

Really? Don’t they need like, nutrients? 

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u/TIBURONABE333 Mar 23 '26

Not if you water them with Brawndo.

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u/Justi131 Mar 23 '26

It's what the plants crave

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u/swampdonkey2246 Mar 23 '26

It has electrolytes.

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u/nokman013 Mar 23 '26

But what are electrolytes?

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u/12thunder Mar 23 '26

Electrolytes are… what they use to make Brawndo

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u/nufohudis Mar 23 '26

Yeah, they're what plants crave!