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60 - Wake Up Sleepy Trees!
60 - Wake Up Sleepy Trees!
In this episode, I explore one of nature’s most fascinating transitions: how trees survive winter and reawaken in spring. Trees don’t hibernate like animals. Instead, they enter a complex dormancy that helps them withstand extreme cold and conserve energy. Through internal hormones and external cues like sunlight and temperature, trees navigate the changing seasons with remarkable precision.
The Two Types of Dormancy: I talk about endodormancy, which is controlled by internal tree hormones, and ecodormancy, which responds to external weather patterns. These…
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