#germination — Public Fediverse posts

Dollar Tree’s 1-cent seeds are a frugal gardening hit, with some reporting 80% germination https://www.allforgardening.com/1921384/dollar-trees-1-cent-seeds-are-a-frugal-gardening-hit-with-some-reporting-80-germination-2/ #DollarTree #garden #gardener #gardening #germination #PhotoCredit #reddit #SeedPackets #SpareChange

MIT study reveals that rice seeds respond to the sounds of rain, accelerating their germination and challenging traditional concepts about plants.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/plant-seeds-rain-sounds/

#seeds #plants #nature #germination #study

🌱🌧️ #MIT engineers Nicholas Makris and Cadine Navarro found that the sound of #rain triggers #rice #seeds to sprout 30-40% faster. These sound vibrations dislodge gravity-sensing organelles called statoliths to signal the plant to start growing.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-plants-can-sense-the-sound.html

#plants #biology #science #nature #acoustics #germination #botany #research #discovery

Home Gardeners Are Noticing Strong Seed Germination but Weak Later Growth, And One Transition Step Is Often Missing https://www.allforgardening.com/1721479/home-gardeners-are-noticing-strong-seed-germination-but-weak-later-growth-and-one-transition-step-is-often-missing/ #garden #gardener #gardening #germination #plants #SuddenChange #TransitionStage

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍀🧬 Only about one in 5,000 #clovers has four #leaves. Why are they so hard to find?

Esther Ikoro explains how biological variation and factors like #soil, #air, #temperature, or even nibbling #insects determine if a seed grows in unexpected ways. She also shares a visual trick you can use to find them in a clover patch.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/why-are-four-leaf-clovers-so-rare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=four-leaf-clovers-rare

#biology #stem #botany #culture #genetics #germination #kids #mutation #plants #science #womeninstem #blackinstem #traditions #tksst #video

🍀🧬 Only about one in 5,000 #clovers has four #leaves. Why are they so hard to find?

Esther Ikoro explains how biological variation and factors like #soil, #air, #temperature, or even nibbling #insects determine if a seed grows in unexpected ways. She also shares a visual trick you can use to find them in a clover patch.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/why-are-four-leaf-clovers-so-rare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=four-leaf-clovers-rare

#biology #stem #botany #culture #genetics #germination #kids #mutation #plants #science #womeninstem #blackinstem #traditions #tksst #video

How to prepare your garden for the last frost | Outdoors https://www.allforgardening.com/1646612/how-to-prepare-your-garden-for-the-last-frost-outdoors/ #agriculture #AnnualGrowthCycleOfGrapevines #archaeplastida #botany #compost #frost #garden #gardening #germination #horticulture #Kingdoms(biology) #Mulch #organisms #plant #PlantAgriculture #PlantNursery #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #pruning #seed #seedling #soil #tree #Vegetable

Master Gardener column: Dreaming of Spring – The Globe https://www.allforgardening.com/1638303/master-gardener-column-dreaming-of-spring-the-globe/ #BrittannyWienerMastbergen #garden #gardener #gardening #germination #NoblesCountyMasterGardener #StartingSeeds

Weather the storm by spreading your investments—the benefits of bet-hedging in Sonoran Desert plants

Summary & Analysis by Xochitl Ortiz-Ross of “Shifting Precipitation Regimes Influence Optimal Germination Strategies and Population Dynamics in Bet-hedging Desert Annuals” by Cuello et al.
https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/January-2025-Cuello.html

#sonoranDesert #plants #precipitation #germination #betHedging #desert

Pollen hydration, germination, and tube growth are vital processes that involve complex signaling pathways. Here, Kim et al report that OsPRK1/2/3-mediated #ROS signaling is required for #pollen tube #germination in #rice
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13921
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #JIPB #botany #OpenAccess

ROPs & ROPGEFs are essential for initiating polar growth in plants, but which ones activate #pollen #germination? This study reveals polarization of specific #ROPGEFs, identifying special roles for ROPGEF8 & ROPGEF9 in germination @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3S4rV2d

How #nitrate overcomes #plant #hormone inhibition to boost #seed #germination.

#ABA #Arabidopsis #NLP_8 #signalling

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nitrate-hormone-inhibition-boost-seed.html

#liberatedmemes #memes #gardening #germination #growers

Germination achieved for 'Mikado' (a potato-leaved heirloom and possible ancestor of 'Brandywine'), 'Honey Drop' (an open-pollinated yellow cherry touted as tasting like white grapes), and 'San Marzano' (a plum choice for canning). #tomatoes #garden #gardening #seedlings #germination #vegetables #allotment

Now available ahead of print! "Shifting Precipitation Regimes Influence Optimal Germination Strategies and Population Dynamics in Bet-Hedging Desert Annuals" by Cuello et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/733105

#precipitation #germination #population #desert #populationDynamics

Waiting for seeds to germinate is like …
Come on! Come on! I’m waiting!

The seeds say:
We’ll come when we’re good and ready and not a moment sooner

#seeds #germination #gardening #Allotment
#patience

Soil salinity impacts rice seed germination, severely limiting #CropYield. Using chemical mutagenesis, Zeng et al. identify rice #germination defective #mutant OsHAK9 that regulates #seed germination under #salt stress. 🔓⬇️
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13642
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #GA

@hicksy2 @natureworks

I have a couple of sweet chestnut growing - it was supposed to be acorns but I didn’t have any!

#sweetChestnut #germination #trees

It's happening
I have three tomato seedlings. No, four ...🌱 🌱 🌱 ... 🌱

#seeds #germination #tomato #gardening #Allotment

Waiting for my tomato seeds to germinate

Waiting

Still waiting

I do have lettuce, leek, cabbage and pepper germinating but ...

#seeds #germination #tomato #gardening #Allotment

My latest #gardening project is a seed #germination box. It’s got a plexi top, an inner plastic dome over a 72-cell plug tray, and a heat mat that keeps it a steady 80°-85°. Started it a couple weeks ago and almost everything has sprouted! Most in less than half the expected time. These are #peppers and #tomatoes. I’ve had trouble growing them in the past, until the season was half over. Looks like this is the ticket!

#backyardgarden

I'm sorry to tell you again, but #fire increases the #germination of #Cistaceae #seeds in contrast to summer-type heat (which reduces germination!)
Paper: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00251-5
Blog: https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/02/18/seed-dormancy-release-and-summer-temperatures/

Some people are uncomfortable with the prominent role of fire in plant reproduction & actively look for the role of climate ...

#SeedDormancy: https://fediscience.org/@jgpausas/109790744941645451

#FireEcology #SeedEcology #PlantEcology #PlantScience @ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature