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Weed seeds outside over winter

BreezyGreens

BreezyGreens

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@ductwizard's thread got me thinking... Any outdoor growers in areas with serious winters ever put seeds in the ground in late fall and let them overwinter in the dirt? Did they grow?

There are varietals that come from areas with significant winters, so the seeds must be able to survive pretty cold temperatures. As a lazy gardener looking to take the guesswork and stress of wondering when to plant out of the equation, is it possible to plant in the late fall when it's too cold to trigger growth and letting Mother Nature take its course in the spring?
 
These are from unknown seeds that were in the soil at least for the winter. We did not get below 0, but I have volunteers every year. One is likely a photo the other is an auto.
 

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DabberDog Yeah, I was thinking about that. We definitely have "false" springs. The flowers on the magnolia trees in my neighborhood regularly get brown and nasty when we have a warm week when they start opening followed by a return of winter. I was thinking about them. On the other hand, volunteer tomatoes don't show up until it's consistently warm, and there's a history of naturalized hemp in NYC (also USDA zone 7).
 
They found a storage cave in Mesa Verda with corn they estimated was over 1000 years old and they popped a couple of those. They found seeds in a MIllion + years old mastadons belly and they popped. IMO the only thing that will kill a seed is radiation and grower just learning how to pop seeds. I was a seed serial killer for a while
 
I don't know, soil temps over time, moisture levels, and light? There are some plants whose seeds need cold stratification (temps must be cool or freezing for a period of time) or they don't sprout when it warms up. I found this out the hard way with lovage (perennial herb that tastes like parsley and celery on steroids). Couldn't for the life of me get some seeds to do their thing, and after repeated failures, I did a bit of research. Turns out I need to put them in the fridge for a couple of weeks. Plants are wild.
 
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