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Where does plant mass come from? The Soil?  
Where does plant mass come from? The soil?  


This is partly wrong, proven by the flemish scientist Jan Baptist van Helmont in the seventeenth century. He grew a willow tree for over 5 years, and found that the weight of the soil which the tree had been grown in, had hardly changed.<br>
This is partly wrong, proven by the flemish scientist Jan Baptist van Helmont in the seventeenth century. He grew a willow tree for over 5 years, and found that the weight of the soil which the tree had been grown in, had hardly changed.<br>