Eli5:How do plants plant themselves exactly?

Question

Like for say an apple tree. Yes the apple falls down the tree naturally but the seeds are inside the center of the apple itself. How exactly do the seeds go to the soil and fertilise to grow more trees?

In: Biology

Answer 1

It can depend on a bunch of things! Seeds can spread through animals eating fruit and pooping them out. The actual buds themselves can get pollenated by bees or even the wind!