Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:20:29 +0700, John B.
wrote:
Not being obnoxious but what in the world are "heirloom veggies"?

Monsanto and a number of other ag firms have developed seeds that will
grow a crop, and if the seeds are replanted..will not germinate. So
you are stuck purchasing seeds from your supplier, over and over and
over again for each crop you plan on growing. "New! Improved!!
Geneticaly Engineered for top production!!!"

For survivalists and small farmers...they are anithema. For if
Monsanto and the other suppliers go Poof!... there will be no crops
again from those seeds.

So Heirloom seeds..are those from plants that were NOT genetically
modified..and can be planted, harvested, and the seeds replanted,
harvested and so forth ad infinitum.

Heirloom seeds are what we survivalists and small farmers use.

Gunner

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Gunner Asch

To further Gunner's splainin' , hybrids may sometimes germinate , but you
never know what you're going to get - I had a volunteer cherry tomato this
year , I might save some seeds as it was a pretty decent tomato . Another
phrase often associated with "heirloom" veggies is "open pollination" ,
which is self-explanatory . The biggest advantage , as he said , is that the
heirloom varieties will breed true . If you save seeds from say a "Rutgers"
tomato , that's what you'll get next year when you plant 'em . I bought a
"package" deal of seeds for WTSHTF , which are sealed up and in my freezer .
Next spring I'm going to try to buy only heirloom varieties for my garden to
increase that supply with varieties that I don't have yet .
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