Page 10 - Aberystwyth EGO November 2021

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In the

Garden

with David

Williams

his, in many ways, physical activity is temporarily
follows nicely on from halted. It mainly happens when
last month. The leaves conditions turn colder but
Thave now almost all not always. Snails and worms
fallen from deciduous plants will stop their activities if the
and, I imagine, have been conditions become too hot and
cleared away so that there aren't dry. This form of dormancy is
any overwintering pests and called aestivation. Reptiles go
diseases lurking near precious into brumation where they
plants. Lawns too have been become dormant during cold
raked to remove leaves which conditions apart from when they
potentially could have caused need to take on water. Many
bald patches by springtime if animals go into hibernation
they had been left. But what of including bats, hedgehogs,
the plants? What is dormancy? various rodents and insects.
Let's find out. Plants go dormant in
Dormancy is a period on a seasons where they are
plant's or animal's life when unable to grow due to climate

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