The trees may break dormancy and begin to put out leaves early because it isn't cool enough.

Therefore, the timing of the mechanisms that breaks physical dormancy is critical and must be tuned to environmental cues.

Because the seeds require wet conditions to break dormancy, drought can be a factor.

It causes damage when plants break dormancy in the spring and need to take up water and nutrients.

Some seeds require exposure to cold temperatures (vernalization) to break dormancy.

Seeds remain viable for many years and heat treatment or nicking of the seed coat is required to break dormancy.

Gibberellins are involved in the natural process of breaking dormancy and various other aspects of germination.

Breaking dormancy is often affected by other factors.

The bulbs need about 20 weeks of cold treatment to break dormancy and initiate their flower buds.

Ceratostigma is a real sleepyhead in the spring, not breaking dormancy until the weather turns really warm.