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Many desert plants only sprout after a heavy rain.
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Why do desert plants produce many seeds in the desert?
Most of the seeds will be eaten by birds and rodents, some will be washed away in flash floods or wind storms. Few seeds will survive to possibly grow in the future. Plants produce so many seeds to assure the survival of the species.
How long does it take turtle seeds to start growing?
Turtle seeds????? Do you mean turtle beans???? Most peas and beans will sprout within 24-48 hours if thoroughly soaked, although many are difficult to soak.
What are polycarpic plants?
polycarpic plants are those that flowers and set seeds many times before dying.
Do all plants that produce seeds have flowers?
No. Only plants of the phylum "angiospermae" have flowers. These include flowers, fruiting plants, and many trees. However, gymnosperms (like pine trees) and cycads and many other plants have no flower. In fact, about 250 million years ago, there were no flowering plants at all!
What food can be eaten that comes from the flowers of plants?
If you mean which flowers are edible, then to here are a few: marigolds, dandelions, phalaenopsis orchids, any and all squash (including zucchini), and many, many others. If you mean what kinds of food comes is produced by flowers, then the answer is all fruit... basically anything that has (or originally did) have seeds. The purpose of fruit is to carry seeds in order to allow and help ensure reproduction. Fruit is the result of a flowering plant's reproductive cycle.
How many days for flax seeds to sprout in water?
flax seeds can't sprout in water
How do tumbleweed survive in the desert?
Tumbleweeds prefer areas of disturb soil in the desert, especially along roads and highways. Seeds can lay dormant for many months, even years waiting for moisture. Once rain does arrive the seeds sprout rapidly and grow into adult plants that produce seeds for the next generation.
If you have fifteen weed seeds how many will sprout?
If in my garden all fifteen.
Why is a plant successful if it has many flowers?
Flowers form seeds, if there are many flowers means more seeds to form new plants
Why does a cactus seed lie dormant for many years?
Cactsus seeds can lie dormant for many years so that they can survive until they have enough water to germinate and sprout. In the desert, many years may need to pass before enough water falls in the right season for cactus seeds to germinate.
How many seeds you need to create marijuana?
Several would be nice but one will do if it sprouts. A good way to see if seeds are going to sprout or not is to put them in between a damp paper towel for a day or two and if they are good they will burst open and sprout and they will not it the are bad seeds.
Why do plants in the desert have short life cycles?
Rain is rare in most deserts and comes mostly during short rainy seasons. Many plants have adapted to this and will quickly sprout from seeds, grow rapidly and produce new seeds during the brief wet season in deserts.
How are desert flowers adapted to the desert?
Desert flowers have adapted by shedding their seeds after heavy rain to give the flowers precious water too set their life off to a good start with the highly absent rain. Although not many of the seeds may survive, although they might it depends on many factors.
Why do desert plants produce many seeds in the desert?
Most of the seeds will be eaten by birds and rodents, some will be washed away in flash floods or wind storms. Few seeds will survive to possibly grow in the future. Plants produce so many seeds to assure the survival of the species.
Do flowers reproduce by the flower or by seeds?
Flowers create the seeds. The flower may have male sex organs and female sex organs. Some plants have separate male plants and female plants such as the ginko tree. When pollen from the male sex organ reaches the female sex organ, the plant develops seeds.
Where can one purchase seeds for rose flowers?
One can purchase seeds for rose flowers from Amazon where they have many listed for sale at prices between $6 and $20. One can also buy them from DH Gate and eBay.
How long does it take turtle seeds to start growing?
Turtle seeds????? Do you mean turtle beans???? Most peas and beans will sprout within 24-48 hours if thoroughly soaked, although many are difficult to soak.
