Posted by Howard H. on October 16, 2009 at 06:49:44 from (164.58.210.23):
In Reply to: saving seeds posted by Chris Jones on October 16, 2009 at 05:22:20:
I'm not sure how to prevent it - because I'm not sure how it even happened, but all my summer squash this year looked like half zucchini & half summer squash jumbled together...
Not sure if I got ahold of some "hybridized" seed or just what, but I didn't have a single plant put on any decent squash.
Also, I saved some seed from some really great cantalope from a roadside stand 2 years ago... But not a single seed of any I saved germinated... Then I remembered the old fellow complaining about how much the seed cost when he was planting his plot... Made me wonder if he had bought hybrid seed and it left the cantalope he sold sterile...
Also, if you are interested in "old-time" garden varieties - you might be interested in the http://www.seedsavers.org... They've got tons of old strains that are tough to find anywhere else... Really a great, great outfit, if you are into gardening...
We got to visit them in person when I was visiting my brother up in Iowa over the summer.
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