Does size matter?
I've been saving seed from runners and french beans. Seed size varies
enormously, does that affect the result next year? Pete C |
Does size matter?
On Oct 5, 5:57*pm, Janet wrote:
In article , says... I've been saving seed from runners and french beans. Seed size varies enormously, does that affect the result next year? Pete C * I sort and keep ones that are even, plump and firm with a shiny perfect "skin". Only because that's what my grandfather did. Since I've never planted the runty lumpy/dented/nicked *ones I don't know if selection makes any difference at all :-) * Janet I just save the seeds from the best pods, I've always understood if you plant from runts you will loose the quality, select for improvement. |
Does size matter?
Dave Hill wrote:
I've always understood if you plant from runts you will loose the quality, select for improvement. I'm not sure about the seeds themselves if they came from good plants, but surely a small seed will have less food in it, so the plant will be slower at the starting gate? I surely know that with garlic, planted from cloves, the biggest cloves produce the biggest bulbs. -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
Does size matter?
On 10/05/2011 08:07 PM, Gary Woods wrote:
Dave Hill wrote: I've always understood if you plant from runts you will loose the quality, select for improvement. I'm not sure about the seeds themselves if they came from good plants, but surely a small seed will have less food in it, so the plant will be slower at the starting gate? I surely know that with garlic, planted from cloves, the biggest cloves produce the biggest bulbs. With maples, larger seed is more vigorous; it doesn't always produce the most interesting seedlings though. I'd guess that for beans, bigger is better for the reasons Gary gave. |
Does size matter?
Thank you all :) Pete C |
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