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Originally Posted by treecreeper  Didn't poppies come up at unusual times in the trenches in World War One? |
Yep... for similar reasons... anything that disturbs the soil can get them started.. a bomb has the same effect as a plough.
Poppies probably evolved to take advantage of the disturbed soil by wild pigs snuffling the ground, but the plough was so much more effective as a soil turner.