# 20260405 "ELI5: How are seedless fruits planted?" ([reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1sd2t08/eli5_how_are_seedless_fruits_planted/)) "You have to take cuttings of the plant that originally produced them and plant those in the ground. Those original plants were cultivated through many generations of selective breeding until they got good ones with no seeds. Each new plant is essentially a clone of the original, and that's also why if some disease pops up that threatens the plant, the entire strain of that plant is at risk, as with what has happened to bananas in the past." "Ohh, so seedlessness is like a mutation that we try to preserve through generations?" "Technically, since they are all clones, it's a single generation that is being kept alive perpetually." --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2026/04/05.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.