This is my 1st season in veg gardening and was very pleased with myself for getting 8 varieties grown from seed. I have kept 30 of the 60 plants I grew and gave the rest away to friends. I thought I picked some great varieties until I saw the 'Hundreds and Thousands' on Gardeners World. I MUST HAVE SOME. Is there any likelihood that I will be able to get seeds for them next year?
Also can someone explain to me what F1 means, is it that the seeds won't germinate? Sorry for being such a numpty but I am just learning.
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I emailed Suttons, who are selling the plants, to see if they are planning to sell seeds of Hundreds and Thousands in their catalogue next year.
Their response was that the catalogue is not put to bed until later in the year and at this point they couldn't say whether these seeds will be included in it.
An F1 nomination means that if you collect seed from the plant it will not necessarily grow true to type. It will germinate and you will get fruit, but it may not be exactly the same as its parent. This is particularly true with plants like winter squashes where if you collect the seed, the resulting seedlings may produce plants of a different shape, less sweet, less flavour, etc.
It will be interesting to see what happens with seeds collected from Hundreds and Thousands. I'm not sure if they're a F1 variety, but I'm sure somebody on here will have ordered a plant or two from Suttons and save the seed to grow on, so we may have to wait a season before finding out.
Their response was that the catalogue is not put to bed until later in the year and at this point they couldn't say whether these seeds will be included in it.
An F1 nomination means that if you collect seed from the plant it will not necessarily grow true to type. It will germinate and you will get fruit, but it may not be exactly the same as its parent. This is particularly true with plants like winter squashes where if you collect the seed, the resulting seedlings may produce plants of a different shape, less sweet, less flavour, etc.
It will be interesting to see what happens with seeds collected from Hundreds and Thousands. I'm not sure if they're a F1 variety, but I'm sure somebody on here will have ordered a plant or two from Suttons and save the seed to grow on, so we may have to wait a season before finding out.
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A warm welcome to the forum Southern Softie, and very impressed with the amount of tomatoes you are growing. 
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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