I need help understanding hybrids & non hybrids

Smoke · July 4, 2013

Its always confused me a bit,in the quickest sumup I always heard non hybrids can be regrown & hybrids can't.Well I heard hybrids can but it will 95% most likely turn out awful.So how are hybrids bred?If your getting a seed packet marked hybrid didn't that come from from a hybrid plant?How is it that those grow fine,but if you save seeds from that grow...they turn out awful?Makes no sense to me.

On non hybrids,if I had lets say a san marzano & a beefsteak growing right by eachother.Would they breed?50/50 chance?Or if I intentionally exchanged their pollen with eachother would it seed a new breed of tomato?Just made a example.not trying to do it lol

I always hear of open pollinated,but not closed pollinated.Whats the differance?Is open pollinated & heirloom the same thing?

July 4, 2013	#1
Smoke Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: indiana Posts: 18	I need help understanding hybrids & non hybrids Its always confused me a bit,in the quickest sumup I always heard non hybrids can be regrown & hybrids can't.Well I heard hybrids can but it will 95% most likely turn out awful.So how are hybrids bred?If your getting a seed packet marked hybrid didn't that come from from a hybrid plant?How is it that those grow fine,but if you save seeds from that grow...they turn out awful?Makes no sense to me. On non hybrids,if I had lets say a san marzano & a beefsteak growing right by eachother.Would they breed?50/50 chance?Or if I intentionally exchanged their pollen with eachother would it seed a new breed of tomato?Just made a example.not trying to do it lol I always hear of open pollinated,but not closed pollinated.Whats the differance?Is open pollinated & heirloom the same thing?