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That was very informative, Lynn, Thank you.................

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--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> > What seeds from the nursery do you save, by the way?
> 



> I haven't saved much seed in the past; you have to
> isolate from other 
> varieties, unless you are purposely crossing them. I grow
> so many different 
> tomatoes, for example, in close proximity that they could
> cross. Not that 
> that is always a bad thing, but you never know what you
> will get. This year 
> I got open pollinated varieties and plan to isolate some
> (just put bags over 
> them during blooming to make sure they are only pollinated
> by the one I 
> want) and save some seeds. You can save any type of  OP
> seed this way.
> 
> I don't believe that seeds will become too expensive,
> or unavailable as some 
> say, but I'd like to save money and  start developing
> varieties adapted to 
> my farm...you do that by picking the 'best' for
> several generations, saving 
> seed, and perpetuationg those genes. I've done that
> with garlic (cloves, not 
> seed), and I get consistently large bulbs now. I plan to
> save tomato, winter 
> squash, beans, corn (I grow some OP and some hybrid...I
> prefer hybrid sweet 
> corn), and maybe other seeds. I know that.especially with
> tomatoes, even if 
> I find something I like (right now Rose and Morgage Lifter
> are my 
> favorites), I'll always be trying new varieties.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA 
> 
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