My address is Dept. Reporting Orbit use is required by the EPA, and future Section 18 or regular labels for Orbit will not happen if we don't provide them with use data. Orbit is not on EPA's fast track, so it is critical that we follow all the rules and report use information. Please make the correction if you rely on the Buyers' guide. This article will define dormancy in its various manifestations and attempt to explain what regulates dormancy and will describe how plants can and cannot be managed for dormancy.
Plants grow at different rates during different seasons.
When the weather is unfavorable they limit their growth or cease to grow completely. This adaptation allows plants to grow from season to season and to survive drought or cold weather. Annual plants survive hostile weather by producing seed just before the onset of unfavorable weather. Although living, seed have a low respiration rate and can survive heat, drought, or cold and then germinate and grow once the weather is again favorable. Perennial plants have dormant buds that can survive through inclement weather and grow during the next period of favorable weather.