Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Laura McKenzie" <laurabrownmckenzie@worldnet.att.net>]

Pat, I'll ponder a while but give a gut answer now.  Let's imagine that year 
after year you experience a pest problem.  I'd guess that after a while 
seeds selected from successful plants are adapted to handle the pest problem 
better than seeds selected from plants that are "coddled" (for lack of a 
better word) with pesticides.  (Maybe plants that are addicted to pesticides 
would be right? Someone help me here.)  Its possible that in some small or 
large way the progeny of these plants would eventually develop some sort of 
defense.

 Also imagine plants grown on organic soils year after year.  Wouldn't they 
be better adapted for our own organic soils and organic inputs than seeds 
from plants grown on chemical soils?

Of course the seeds are likely healthier producing healthier plants too but 
that is just my unscientific opinion.

  I will admit that when I'm really needing a particular plant and can't 
find an organic and small farm source I will resort to buying from 
non-Seminis (etc) sources because I'm still trying to find the best 
varieties adapted for this hot and humid place. (Our typical summers are 
rainy in April, May and June and dry in July.  Sometimes in August and 
September and October we'll go 60+ days without rain.)

Now I'll go ponder.  : )

BTW, Pat, thanks for the link!  I having to cross NC in two weeks to take 
Sean to visit a couple of colleges and universities so maybe I can find 
something on the road but in case I don't, I'll check out the link you gave 
me.  I thought I"d stop and visit those triplet nephews in SC while I was at 
it. (They are now 3 years old).

Laura
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patricia Ruggiero" <ruggierop@earthlink.net>

> Laura wrote:
>
> > Organically raised seeds are adapted to organic practices. If you are
> > organic, using organic seeds would probably be helpful.
>
> Laura, I can't remember who told us that, and that hybrid seeds do better
> under a "conventional" regime, but it's something I would like to 
> understand
> better.  Exactly why is this so?
>
> Pat