eli5: if peanuts grow underground, how do the above-ground flowers pass the pollination to the underground seeds?

Question

eli5: if peanuts grow underground, how do the above-ground flowers pass the pollination to the underground seeds?

In: Biology

Answer 1

All plants have the ability to transfer resources throughout the plant. Otherwise, how would the roots not die of starvation? They don’t have any sugar of their own to metabolise. How would the water collected by the roots be used by the rest of the plant.

It’s a system not too different from your own circulatory system.

Answer 2

The peanuts begin growing above ground immediately after being fertilized. After that, the stem holding the growing peanut beings to droop until it touches the ground, and then they grow *into* the ground. You can see that in [this illustration](https://jimmycarter.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/4a3325ccd9ea8f9099fdfd0b011a676e1.jpg) where the “pegs” lead from the stems down to the peanuts.