I’m not a fan of Ferry Morse. They’re germination rates in my experience have not been very good and they’re very expensive. Also yeah this label pretty much 😅🤷🏼♂️
PepperDude42
*Heirloom* is also sometimes used to describe a tomato variety that has been grown for many years, even though it’s a hybrid…
Impressive_Koala9736
I’ve been seeing this more often as of late and it’s been a confusing point to me. Doesn’t one negate the other, or if they’re both heirloom and cross pollinate naturally, can they be hybrid? For the most part I’ve been avoiding them.
Telemere125
“Heirloom” is a misnomer in that all plants we have today are hybrids of one kind or another. As long as they’ve been growing the particular variety for 50 years and they open pollinate it, they consider it an heirloom.
BackgroundToe5
Heirloom is not a legally protected term and means essentially nothing.
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I’m not a fan of Ferry Morse. They’re germination rates in my experience have not been very good and they’re very expensive. Also yeah this label pretty much 😅🤷🏼♂️
*Heirloom* is also sometimes used to describe a tomato variety that has been grown for many years, even though it’s a hybrid…
I’ve been seeing this more often as of late and it’s been a confusing point to me. Doesn’t one negate the other, or if they’re both heirloom and cross pollinate naturally, can they be hybrid? For the most part I’ve been avoiding them.
“Heirloom” is a misnomer in that all plants we have today are hybrids of one kind or another. As long as they’ve been growing the particular variety for 50 years and they open pollinate it, they consider it an heirloom.
Heirloom is not a legally protected term and means essentially nothing.