Heirloom Gardening, Food and Other Thoughts
If you have a plant that’s a result of a cross between at least two other plants and you want to create a new stable variety from this plant, you must go through a process called dehybridization. You can dehybridize a simple F1 hybrid variety (two plants crossed), but you can do the same thing …
Like my other recent seed saving posts this one is mainly targeted at vegetables, but some of the ideas here may be able to be applied to other plants as well. I will also be trying to address the simplest ideas of this subject, and for those who want more detailed information I would refer …
There are two ways the genetics of the plants in your garden can change, with sports or crosses. Sports A sport is a chance genetic variation. Søren recently came across a sport in some seeds I sent him. Sports can be good or bad. Many very interesting plant varieties are the result of sports. Plants …
This is where seed saving can become very difficult. Like the seed saving posts from the last few days, I’m going to focus here on the simplest aspects of out-breeding plants. Let’s also be very clear here, I have about 5 years experience with seed saving. For some people that may make it seem like …
When you are thinking about saving your own garden seeds, don’t forget that many plants reproduce asexually. In this case you won’t get any seeds, and there is no risk of cross pollination or inbreeding depression. Propagation With Cuttings Tomato plants are one of the most common garden plants that can propagated with cuttings. Normally …
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