The meracle of germination

Hi all ,
I never fail to be amaised at the wonder of nature.
You put a little dried up piece of material into a pot with soil and water.
wait , and a meracle happens.
Only the birth of a child surpasses this event.
Seeds 2000 years old have been germinated.............wow.

 

Sometimes I think I have been sold some of those.:lollol:

 

I can sort of understand how the big seeds do it. If the seed is big enough it can have a whole plant inside. But I can't understand how the very tiny seeds have enough energy to get through the first few days.

 

Spores are even more amazing Peter.

 

I find everything about nature mindblowing amazing. I am particularly fascinated by the fact that everything is connected and interdependent on everything else. From the tiniest microbe that feeds off decaying matter and converts nitrogen gas into nitrates that the plants need, to the incomprehensible energy from the sun that supplies the energy for it all to happen.

I was intrigued when I read once that fungi actually delivers nutrients to a plant's roots, in return for starch from the roots that the fungi needs. In some cases the symbiotic relationship is such that one would die if not for the other.

It's magic I reckon.

Incidentally, I have been reading a book by Terry Pratchet. I was amused by one sentence that said something like "in a world where everyday the grass continues to grow green, and the sun rises every morning, humans remain unimpressed and insist on worshipping statues of gods". Terry put it better than I just did of course, but I think he makes a good point

 

Which Terry Pratchett book is that Clueless?

He comes up with some great lines though. Definitely a genius (and unrecognised by many!).

 

Small Gods. I do like Terry Pratchett's work. It is so clear that he is mocking just about every culture and political system, while doing so in a way that can't be directly linked to anyone. I liked that in one of his books the, the official title for someone we would call a politician is 'liar', and in one book they had a culture that locked their leader up in jail as soon as he was elected, because it was obvious that whoever got elected would go on to commit great atrocities so they'd better lock him in advance so they could keep an eye on him. I cracked up while reading Small Gods when I discovered that there is CMOT dibbler has a counterpart called something like Cut-My-Own-Hand-Off De'bleur.

 

The seed that amazes me most is the poppy seed it is as fine as dust but produces such a lovely flower!! 02

 

I agree I was doing a little weeding the other day and already have a californian poppy (i love them so much I let them seed) growing that's now about 5" already

 

I had a pussy cat, she was called poppy we loved her so much.k-l She had to be put to sleep 5 years ago.

She is buried in the garden and I have planted poppies on her grave ever since.

RIP Poppy.

 

She's a beauty

 

7 months ago i lost my loyal companion blue (cat)
6 months ago i got rescue kitten millie.
She ate my ornimental grass, and is running amock in the bamboo.
I still miss him terribly.