Living · 6 pages · 12 min
How weeds win
Weeds win by germinating fast in the open soil a garden keeps creating, then seeding or resprouting.
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From the opening
Weeds win because they are plants already suited to the open, disturbed ground that a garden keeps making. They germinate fast, grow before the crop closes over, and leave either a lot of seed or a tough perennial body, so the next disturbance finds them ready. The opening covers pioneers take open disturbed soil, seed or resprouting keeps them ready, and cover removes the gap they use.
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Inside
- Pioneers take open disturbed soil
- Seed or resprouting keeps them ready
- Cover removes the gap they use
- Weed is a place word not a kingdom
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Pioneer strategies on disturbed soil
- The ecological meaning of the word weed