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What affects a plant's stem thickness?

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If it does not have enough sun the stem will be spindly and not look well

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stem thickness is highly regulated and is related to overall growth speed. one can use plant hormones to slow down growth rate resulting is shorter and thicker stems

look up tropic response in plant growth

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