08-31-2011, 05:08 PM
(08-31-2011, 04:23 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote: I'm not sure I agree with that. I mentioned in a previous harvest thread that when we harvest tomatoes from our garden, we do so gradually, over a period of several months, as fruits gradually ripen. However, when farmers harvest wheat, they bring in a combine and take it all at once.
You are looking at it from the point of view of the harvester, not the harvested. For each individual fruit, there is a discrete transition between "not-harvested" and "harvested".
As I said earlier, I can see the process extending for months, not much past a year. Certainly not extending past generations.
But perhaps it would be more constructive to discuss if you first shared the time frame and scenarios you have in mind...