Re: heirloom seeds
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- Subject: Re: heirloom seeds
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:43:53 -0800
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> From: Neason
> Seeds marked with F1 are First Cross hybrids -- about the only kind
> you'll see. The others are all open-pollinated. "Heirloom" is
only
> vaguely defined as, perhaps, "plants that were grown before the
second
> half of this century and are no longer routinely available."
>
> There's nothing special about an heirloom as opposed to any other
> open-pollinated seed.
>
> Steve (Maritime...)
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Wonderful, I wasn't sure. Is that true in all catalogs or just
Territorial Seeds ? Surely Heirloom has a nostalgia that not all OP
have, even it that's all they have. But for Michelle's sake: seed can
be collected and saved from both of these.
PS. My first batch of indoor seeded onions are looking great.
Yippeee.. The second batch I add the peat moss to before
they sprouted, wonder if in trying to ''skip a step'' I killed the
seed ? But it's just been going on day 5, and they are not
Territorial Seeds. Figure with the extra moss on them I might
double the time I see them. First batch was sprouts in 4 days.
Patients, patients...
Sincerely,
~Carleen~
Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
Rainier, OR zone 8
