Heritage versus new varieties
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Shallot Man
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What about compiling a wish list of Heritage seed.
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Mike Vogel
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Thanks for correcting me, JB. I didn't really mean to imply that ALL F1s were in the same bracket, but I was commenting generally on reasons why certain types of vegetables were grown for their predictability. As one who only grows for enjoyment, I will grow open-pollinated varieties happily, but I won't avoid F1s just because they are F1s and I know somew of them are very good. I have also experienced the problem of open-pollinated veg still coming to maturity when I want to put something else in that bed! And I know that not all the old varieties are good varieties; does anybody fancy growing the Lumper potato nowadays?
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Mike Vogel wrote: does anybody fancy growing the Lumper potato nowadays?
Apparently so, Mike
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