Can a plant grow inside a plant?

Question

I was cutting up my pumpkins yesterday, and I saw that one of the seeds had sprouted, and I never knew that that could happen. I guess what I'm asking is, is would it survive? In other words, could I stick it back in the ground and could it live?

Answer 1

Yes it would make another pumpkin plant. Seeds are where new plants come from and that pumpkin was sooooooo ripe that one of its seeds had started the next cycle. I have had oranges with sprouted seeds in them. If left in the original fruit, they would die for lack of nourishment, and oxygen, but outside the fruit they would succeed.

It would be hard to grow though, because now the season is wrong. In the case of a tropical fruit, in a tropical region, you could plant the sprouted seed and have success I expect. Seasons are way less pronounced in the tropics. Interesting qu.

Answer 2

Yes, though it wouldn't grow much till it could get light. The inside of a pumpkin probably provided all the nutrients it would need, and if you weren't harvesting them, they should all have sprouts eventually. This little guy was early though, seeds normally wait till fruit rots a bit into a nice, rich dirt.

If you get frosts this time of year, you might want to start it in a gentle enviornment inside (I'm not sure what conditions pumpkin seedlings like, but most young plants have trouble with frost.)

Answer 3

Sure. It's not unusual at all to find a small bell pepper inside of a large pepper.

Why not try potting up the seed and putting it in a sunny window to find out?

Answer 4

I've seen the same w/ tomatoes. But I didn't try to start it. It could survive.

Answer 5

Not in real life. In Si-Fi yes

Answer 6

yes by grafting