Mmmm food...

I was feeling a little hungry earlier and it made me think, how are my babies eating? They don't have mouths! And what do they like? Pizza? Cheeseburgers? Then it occurred to me, plants get food through translocation! Translocation is the movement of materials from the leaves to other parts of the plant. When photosynthesis occurs, plants produce sugars in their leaves which becomes a source for other parts of the plant such as the roots, flowers, fruits, stems, and other developing leaves. The phloem moves nutrients throughout the plant. It is made of long, continuous strands called vascular bundles which extend through the roots and stem and reach into the leaves as veins.