Seed bank question

[Washtub]

May be a silly question but after hearing people talk about a seed bank, how does it exist in the ground? What keeps it from germinating once it gets wet like all the other seed we plant? Why does tilling or plowing the ground activate the seed?

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Because it brings them to the surface, some seed will not germinate without a flash of light.

 

[Washtub]

Because it brings them to the surface, some seed will not germinate without a flash of light.

Wouldn’t they have had that light when they first dropped from the plant? Sorry, I know I’m overthinking this…

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Wouldn’t they have had that light when they first dropped from the plant? Sorry, I know I’m overthinking this…

No because they will not have broken dormancy yet.

 

[Canuck5]

When we have the timber companies come in to cut, we battle sicklepod for years. It just lays dormant until the right conditions appear.

 

[davidhelmly]

When we have the timber companies come in to cut, we battle sicklepod for years. It just lays dormant until the right conditions appear.

Sicklepod is the DEBIL!!

 

[NCHillbilly]

Pokeweed seeds will lay dormant for decades, maybe longer.

 

[livinoutdoors]

I cleared off some land that was a mix of privet and thick woods. Orchard grass started comin up. This hasnt been pasture for a looooooong time.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Will also add seeds know better than us when its time to grow and they are way more patient. Well more than me anyways.

 

[WishboneW]

Sicklepod is the DEBIL!!

Along with it’s cousins Carolina Horse Nettle and Johnson grass.

 

[Nicodemus]

I`ve seen the proof that coffee weed can lay dormant for 70 years.

 

[fishfryer]

I`ve seen the proof that coffee weed can lay dormant for 70 years.

Likewise

 

[Cmcharles]

Depending on the time of year when you disturb that seed bank will determine what kicks up out of it. No way to know what you have until you turn it up. Lots of those native plants are better than the fancy deer mix seed bags you can over pay for.

 

[GeorgeShu]

Some how deer, turkeys and other critters manage to survive in areas without food plots. Must be something nutritious in that natural seed bank.
I have one so called food plot that will not grow what I seed but other native plants thrive. Critters graze it regularly on a par with my good plots.
Go figure......