- Author: Ed Perry
Published on: August 27, 2020
Some of the seeds from plants growing in your garden may be worth saving, but others are genetically incapable of producing satisfactory crops. To know the difference, it's helpful to divide seeds into three groups: hybrid, open pollinated from plants that cross with other kinds of plants, and open pollinated from plants that do not cross with other kinds of plants.
Hybrid
Most of the dependable varieties of vegetables that you grow in your garden are from hybrid seeds that were developed to improve the yield, quality, and dependability of crops. However, along with these advantages, the opportunity to grow seeds at home was lost because hybrid seed must be grown under very special conditions not found...
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