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Old 21-01-2012, 06:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Hill Dave Hill is offline
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Default What varieties of veg do farmers grow

On Jan 21, 3:45*pm, NT wrote:
Dave wrote:

Or you could keep a couple of sprouts and root them, grow them on and
let them flower and then collect the seed.

On Jan 21, 9:29*am, ZeroZero
wrote:

thank you exactly what I need


I wuold have thought farmers mostly grow F1 types.

NT




Yes many do , but if you grow from the sprouts you will get an F2
cross,
F2 stock will vary more, your get maybe 3-4 plants out of 10 seeds
that will be true to the parent, the rest will take after one or other
of the parents of the origional cross.
Well worth trying though..