Germination

Germination is the process in which a plant emerges from a seed and begins growing.

Seeds like to be in certain conditions before they can germinate and become a plant, they like:

- Moisture (water)

- Warmth: if it´s too hot or cold, seeds won´t grow.

- Soil: in order to get nutrients.

- Sunlight: so they can do the photosynthesis as soon as possible.

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Plant cycle

The plant cycle, as every cycle, has no beginning and has no end. It keeps going on and on and on.

We can talk about 5 different stages on the plant cycle:

1.- Seeding.- The seed goes underground.

2.- Germination.- Under the right conditions, the seed is going to become a new plant.

3.- Growth.- The new plant grows and develops its stem, branches and, eventually, flowers.

4.- Pollination.- Insects, such as bees, pick pollen up from flowers and leave it on other flowers.

5.- Fertilisation.- The pollen goes down the style and joins the eggs of the flower making new seeds.

6.- Seed dispersal.- New seeds need to go far from the mother plant in order to grow.

Once the seeds are on the ground again, the cycle starts all over again.