Indeterminate vs Determinate: What's the Difference? • Gardenary

11 Dec.,2023

 

Determinate and Indeterminate Plants

Long, long ago, plants faced a pressing problem: How could they send out as many seeds as possible and ensure the survival of their kind?

In my new book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit, I talk a lot about plant motives. Plants are highly motivated to reproduce and leave behind as many genetic copies of themselves as possible. They can't move around and disperse their seeds wherever they'd like. Instead, they form enticing fruits to attract animals that can then spread the seeds around for them, either carried in their hands and eventually dropped elsewhere or digested and, well... eventually dropped elsewhere.

Each piece of fruit represents the plant's hope for survival. But how could they ensure those fruits do their part?

Instead of coming up with one solution to their problem, plants came up with two.

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