Kulima, mawu akuti "dormancy" amatanthauza kuti mbeu yosatha ya kusakanikirana kwa kanthawi kochepa kapena ntchito yochepa. Mitengo imakhala yochepa kwambiri chifukwa cha mavuto aakulu, monga pamene mitengo kapena munda wosatha imatha kuchepa miyezi yozizira; kapena pamene udzu umatuluka mu udzu panthawi ya kutentha kwambiri kapena chilala. Ndikofunika kukumbukira kuti zomera sizimwalira panthawi ino, koma zimangokhala m'mafilimu omwe amaimitsidwa.
Pamene masamba akunja ndi masamba omwe ali pamwambapo amatha kufa, moyo umangoyambira m'midzi ndi pachimake cha chomera chosatha. Mawu akuti "dormancy" sagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri pofotokoza zomera zapachaka ndi moyo wa nyengo imodzi yokha. Biology yawo siimaphatikizapo kayendedwe ka kupita kawirikawiri.
Panthawi ya dormancy, zomera zimasiya kukula ndi kusunga mphamvu mpaka bwino kuti chikhalidwe chikhalepo. Izi zimachitika mwachibadwa monga nyengo ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Ndipo ikhoza kukhazikitsidwa mwaluso kuti asunge zomera zogulitsa kapena kuti awapatse maluwa pa maholide enaake. Mababu a tulip ndi daffodil, mwachitsanzo, akhoza kutentha kwambiri kuti awatumize ku dormancy, kenako amachotsa dormancy pa nthawi yomwe akufuna kuti awamasulire ngati pakufunika - monga tsiku la Valentine's potted lily or lily displays.
Kwa zomera zosatha m'nthaka, pali ngozi yowopsa ngati mbewu imatha dormancy posachedwa.
Ambiri osatha akhala atayika chifukwa cha nyengo yomwe ikukula pamene mafinya osasunthika amachititsa kuti mbewuyo iwononge dormancy ndi kutumiza kukula kobiriwira, komwe kumaphedwa pamene nyengo imabwerera kuzizira. Pofuna kupewa izi, zimalimbikitsidwa kuti nthaka ikhale yosungidwa ndi mulch m'chaka, kuti zisawonongeke zomwe zimayambitsa vutoli.