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<blockquote>"And [[God]] said, Let the [[earth]] bring forth [[grass]], the [[herb]] yielding seed, and the [[fruit]] [[tree]] yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day."<ref>[[King James Bible]], [[KJV]], [[Genesis]] 1:12,13, 1611.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>"And [[God]] said, Let the [[earth]] bring forth [[grass]], the [[herb]] yielding seed, and the [[fruit]] [[tree]] yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day."<ref>[[King James Bible]], [[KJV]], [[Genesis]] 1:12,13, 1611.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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* [[Permaculture]] - Permanent agriculture | * [[Permaculture]] - Permanent agriculture | ||
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Revision as of 00:39, April 20, 2016
A seed is an ovule with a protective coating, encasing a plant embryo and a nutrient source.[1]
Seed, according to the public domain 1915 work The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, refers to the ""The ripened ovule; the essential part is the embryo, and this is contained within integuments.
Seed Packets and Seed Information
According to Gardenology.org, "Generally, seed packets labels include:[2]
- Common name with botanical name (in parentheses).
- Plant spacing and depth
- Height
- Soil
- Water
- Sun
- Door: Indoor, Outdoor or Both.
- Live: Perennial or annual.
- Planting, germination and harvest period
- Special requirements, if relevant."
Seeds in the Bible
In the Old Testament, the Book of Genesis contains an explanation of how all plant forms began:
"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day."[3]
See also
- Germination
- Permaculture - Permanent agriculture
- List of gardening topics
- Glossary of gardening terms
- Green Revolution
- Plant
- Grass
- Tobacco
- Chlorophyll
- Yucca
- Terminator seeds of Monsanto
External Links
- Seeds - Discussions by Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast
- Horizon Herb Seeds
- Victory Seeds - Rare, Open-pollinated and Heirloom Garden Seeds
- JohnnySeeds.com - Johnny's Selected Seeds
- Soil Cube for Seed Starting
- The Millennium Seed Bank Project Kew Garden's ambitious preservation project
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault - a backup facility for the world's seed banks
- Plant Physiology online: Types of Seed Dormancy and the Roles of Environmental Factors
- The Seed Site: collecting, storing, sowing, germinating, and exchanging seeds, with pictures of seeds, seedpods and seedlings.
- Royal Holloway, University of London: The Seed Biology Place
Bibliography - Further Reading
- Bailey, Liberty Hyde, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. New York City: Macmillan, 1915. Copyright expired, now Public domain. 676 pages.
- Stuppy, W. Glossary of Seed and Fruit Morphological Terms. Royal botanical gardens, Kew 2004
- United States Forest Service. Woody Plant Seed Manual. 1948
References
- ↑ Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With Biology. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998
- ↑ Seed Packets and Seed Info, Gardenology.org. Accessed March 22, 2015
- ↑ King James Bible, KJV, Genesis 1:12,13, 1611.