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How can soaking hay remove sugar, when it is enclosed in a fibrous cell wall?

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How can soaking hay remove sugar, when it is enclosed in a fibrous cell wall?

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While plant cell walls are made of cellulose and hemi-cellulose, cell walls have pores that open into the apoplast, or intracellular spaces that allow transfer of water soluble nutrients like sugars between cells. Sugars and potassium are leached out very easily with water even in high fiber hay.