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Originally Posted by ZeroZero
I presume that they know a thing or two
These days the packaging on seeds is less than honest - everything is wonderful heavy cropping with fantastic flavour and quality
err.. the reality is different..
As farmers grow for supermarkets i presume they grwo the best varities - at least in terms of crop and disease resistance
Maybe we could list the varieties here if anyone knows
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Priorities for growing for supermarkets include uniformity, large size, and cropping all at the same time to save on harvesting costs.
For the domestic grower, taste is more important, and it is more useful to have the cropping spread over a period, to avoid gluts.
The domestic grower is more likely than the farmer to be trying to grow something which is not necessarily suited to his conditions.
All this means that finding out the commercial varieties may not give you the results you expect. More useful is likely to be find other gardeners in your area with similar growing conditions and see which varieties they find work for them.
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