Eli5 can plants just grow forever?

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Theoretically if you gave a plant all of the nutrients that it needs to grow could it continue to grow forever or would it stop eventually?

Would it eventually just die regardless of the nutrients that you are pumping in to it? Do plants age like humans?

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It works the same way as with humans. You can feed a 50 year old human all you want, but they aren’t going to keep growing (otherwise, the NBA will mostly be senior citizens). Likewise, plants will stop growing after a certain time, but more nutrients will just cause more plants

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