Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 26, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Desert CA
Posts: 400
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newb question on growing multiple heirlooms
I was wondering. How does one go about labeling seed from heirlooms that are grown within proximity to each other?
If I grow five varieties and save seed from this current season how would I go about labeling, resowing, and evaluating the seed in the next season? Say if this season I were to grow KBX and Black Cherokee in the same area, would I assume that the next generation of seeds that I plant would have picked up some amount of the DNA from a parent that was grown close or do I only make that call if the subsequent fruit showed some sort of deviation from the documented norm? I ask this as I was told that I need to grow a whole bunch of different varieties of heirlooms this year, as opposed to my normal here's a beef steak and here's a paste. Or as a normal small grower do I just make notes as what possibilities to expect from future F gens? Or do I save seed from each plant and call it as such? Or do I not worry because this isn't really my "game" yet and I'm really just in it for the tasty rewards of planting? Gaston |
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