Ancient plants back to life after 30,000 frozen years

[Ladyhawke1]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17100574

Hey! Maybe there is still hope after the GMO's have wiped us out.

 

[Carol Dee]

I just read about this in today's paper. Interesting.

 

[OldGuy43]

Let's have a big cheer for Skrat!

 

[ducks4you]

Recently (maybe 10 years ago) some folks reclaimed Illinois farmland and let it go back to the original swamp. Seeds that had been dormant for about 100 years began to germinate and sprout and populate the new wetland. I believe that the seeds that will survive are the seeds that are heirloom bc they are tough. The hybreds and GMO IMO won't.

 

[897tgigvib]

The vast powers at Monsanto have got to be stopped

 

[Ladyhawke1]

Let's have a big cheer for Skrat!

http://bestuff.com/images/images_of_stuff/210x600/skrat-19385.jpg?1173104825

OMG! Someone else who actually knows Skrat! My cat Merlin loves the creature. When I play the DVD, Merlin gets right in front of the screen and he is totally mesmerized with Skrats antics.

 

[Detlor Poultry]

I know Skrat! I have no idea what he's supposed to be, but he's hilarious! I always feel sorry for him. He always gets sooooo close to his goal and loses his prized giant acorn! Poor fellow!

 

[OldGuy43]

I know Skrat! I have no idea what he's supposed to be, but he's hilarious! I always feel sorry for him. He always gets sooooo close to his goal and loses his prized giant acorn! Poor fellow!

He's a squirrel - rat cross I believe.

 

[897tgigvib]

What's the oldest seed you have personally had that you planted and sprouted and grew well?

Mine were from my 1970 garden. A purple podded bush Bean, probably Royalty Purple pod, and Big Max Pumpkin. They were stuffed in an old sock! My mother had packed some of us kids' old clothes that she used the material for to make quilts with. After she passed in 2004 I found a sock in her quilting material box that looked familiar. (I tend to buy lots of the same kind of sock for several years in a row). I felt something in it, and knew they were seeds. I still keep seeds in my sock drawer. Always have. Safe and dry there. I calculated them to be 34 years old, and by golly, they sprouted and grew! I still have the descendents of that Bean. That Garden was in Montana, and the Big Max did not fully mature, but I saved the best of the "premie" seeds. (She also left me a card that said "It's never too late to be what you want to be").