I thought plants only grew when people were not looking at them.
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- I used to think heirloom plants grew antiques— Honorary intern Hector
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman
- Before I went to a planetarium for the first time, I thought it was just a room full of plants. Anon
- I used to thing power plants were cloud factories. xD xD— Kaitlin
- I used to believe that my urine was a super fertilizer - peeing on plants made them grow.— Andrew C
- I used to think wrinkles came about because people just grew too much skin.Anon