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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> Is Martha mostly selling OP seeds?
> 

Mostly but not all.


> Another question: When you use beans from the supermarket for seed what's
> the germination rate?
> 

Generally over 90%.  I'm sure some of them are quite old but beans have a 
long viability.



> One of the tidbits I get from your posts is that it doesn't take many
> seasons to select for adapted seeds. This is hopeful, one of the more
> hopeful things I've heard lately.
> 
> 

It has quite surprised me at the amount of adaptation that takes place in the 
second and third seasons.  But you really begin to see it at about ten to 
twelve years.