I am wanting to become self-sustaining with my gardening. That is, I want to grow vegetables and fruits whose seeds I can then use to regrow the next season and so on.
However, the seeds you typically find at any grocery store or garden center at a Home Depot are hybrid seeds, whose fruits generally do not produce seeds that can be saved for later gardens.
Where can I find non-hybrid seeds that produce fruit/vegetables whose seeds I can reliably save for the next season?
How do I get non-hybrid seeds for my garden?
http://www.heirloomseeds.com/
Try the above site or
http://www.arkinstitute.com/seed.html
Hybrid plants do produce seeds,but you wont get a true copy of the parent plant.
Reply:The seeds from hybrids are good. The seeds are only called hybrids because they don't let cross pollination occur from wild unknown plants.
They should make good seeds. Some crops will cross in your little garden with the bees and make seeds that you don't want.
Some people put a bag over the flower and hand pollinate it.
Reply:Carl is brilliant, as usual. Here's a good source of heirlooms:
http://www.victoryseeds.com/
Reply:go to a good garden center and find out about your local master gardeners program. Any master gardener will be able to hook you up.
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