On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 23:55:24 GMT, "Jo"
wrote:


"Lee Hall" wrote in message...
I think I would be pushing my luck trying to grow seeds acclimated to
Maine here in the Tennessee heat
and humidity.

Thanks in advance,
Lee

I really can't see how this would be a problem. Seeds don't get
acclimatized.


They can and do.

Pretend you are a seedsman. You grow 20 [of the same
variety] tomato plants. The ones that prosper in your
particular climate make more tomatoes and therefore more
seeds. You sell some of those seeds and plant others for
your next year's crop.

Next year: repeat. And so on.

This will operate in the same manner as natural selection,
except it's aided by man.


Certain types of tomatoes will grow better in hot or cool
climates, but the same type of tomato will favour the same growing
conditions.


(Non-hybrid) plants will have some genetic drift and the
seedsman's selection will - over time - produce a strain of
seeds which will produce plants more suited to his climate,
soil, and other growing conditions.

Pat
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