Dan The Gardener information on Seeds

Seeds

What’s in a Seed?

It is amazing how a seed can be kept for years and it still grows when you plant it.
Seeds are living things which live inside a shell which protects them.
Inside the shell they have an embryo which it grows into.
Inside the seed shell there is also food which the baby plant will live off when you put it into soil
and feed it water.
When you plant a seed and it sprouts it is called germination.
When the plant has eaten all of the food in the shell it pops up and searches for light.

Jennifer Pickles says

In Israel scientists discovered a seed of a date palm tree that was 2000 years old. This ancient seeds sprouted into a new plant now that’s amazing.

How seeds travel

There are many ways in which seeds travel. Different parts of nature help them out along their way, seeds are designed in special ways to help them travel
Maple and Pine tree seeds have wings that help them spin to the ground and glide through the air
Seeds from plants like poppies are small so get taken by the wind when the pod cracks open.
Orchid seeds are even smaller they are tiny specks.
Birds eat lots of seeds and transport it as they are travelling across the world.
We spread them around everywhere so different countries get each others plants.
When Georgie finds interesting plants or tasty fruit he bring some seeds back for Dan so he can grow them in Three Little Woods
Some animals eat seeds and store them on forest floors so when it comes into the right season the seeds will germinate.