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Originally Posted by No Name
(EVP MAN) wrote:
The hybrids looked better, tasted better and produced much better. Say what
you want about heirlooms but I won't give them garden space again.
Hybrids all the way for this PA gardener from now on!
LOL! I expressed precisely the same viewpoint very much earlier this year.
Early on, I composted all of my "Brandywine" except one and, based on yield,
keeping _it_ was a waste of good dirt. As I see it, entertaining this, that, or
the-other "heirloom" is foisting upon oneself all of the reasons reliable
hybrids were developed in the first place. Who needs it? But then, again, I am
neither tomato connoisseur nor among the "heirloom" cognoscenti, I suppose.
Sentiment or some irrational "doomsday" fear are not among the reasons that I
grow vegetables.
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Derald
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Yes I would imagine the price of seed would go up if it weren't for
heirlooms. However, I don't mind spending a few bucks for a pack of
seeds. For the home gardener, the price of seed don't matter near as
much as it would to a large commercial operation that sets thousands of
plants. My slow release granular fertilizer costs me a lot more than