Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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February 20, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 44
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30,000 year old Seeds Revived
Interesting article where they revived seeds from the Siberian permafrost after 30,000 years: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete....html?ITO=1490, really fascinating. I think Carolyn must have been secretly involved in this project to revive seeds that old!
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February 20, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 2,593
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Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
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February 20, 2012 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,553
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what a good job they were not tomatoes, ther scientists wiould be killed in the rush
XX Jeannine |
February 20, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,521
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Funny...I was just thinking the same thing Jeannine.
Thanks for sharing this story, Defiant. Amazing and not at the same time. I knew that freezing could preserve stuff for a long time if kept constantly frozen. Zana |
February 20, 2012 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut
Posts: 2,570
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the 1st thing i thought of was this from sleeper
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February 21, 2012 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: zone 5
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Seeds are amazing little bits of engineering aren't they? You look at the tiny dot of an amaranth seed and consider what it becomes a few months later. Seeds are cool.
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February 21, 2012 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Durhamville,NY
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From what I read it wasn't the seeds that they were able to grow the plants from but the placental tissue in the friut. from this article.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...dada3627df.251 "In their lab near Moscow, the scientists sought to grow plants from mature S. Stenophylla seeds, but when that failed, they turned to the plant's placental tissue, the fruit structure to which seeds attach, to successfully grow regenerated whole plants in pots under controlled light and temperature." I had to sign into Google to see the article. I hope the link works for you. |
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