All original seeds from 4-16 were moved up one place, with a new 16th seed being added.
The new seeds will then lie dormant in the soil, waiting for the next fire.
Now my own children are providing me with new linguistic seeds to plant.
If even a long wait produces no results, start all over again with a new seed.
And in any case, farmers are free not to use the new seeds, if they choose.
They need to till it under and plant new seed.
Some say the new seed must be fertilized with the bones of young children.
Winning farmers over to fertilizer and to new seeds is only half the battle.
A heavy rain came and washed away most of the new seeds.
Grain yields also increased as new and better seed was introduced.