F1 and F2 seeds
When seed packets are marked as F1 or F2 is this a discretionary marketing
purpose in order to inform the buyer of .... a) The quality and uniformity of the resulting hybrid produce, or.... b) Is it a legal requirement, there to protect/discourage the customer from saving seed from the hybrid produce because the grown-on plants cannot be guaranteed to come true to the parents? In other words, MUST F1 and F2 seeds be described as such on the packet ....... or is it discretionary? vsop |
F1 and F2 seeds
On 16/10/2012 16:34, vsop wrote:
When seed packets are marked as F1 or F2 is this a discretionary marketing purpose in order to inform the buyer of .... a) The quality and uniformity of the resulting hybrid produce, or.... b) Is it a legal requirement, there to protect/discourage the customer from saving seed from the hybrid produce because the grown-on plants cannot be guaranteed to come true to the parents? In other words, MUST F1 and F2 seeds be described as such on the packet ...... or is it discretionary? vsop I'd imagine that in part it is a marketing tool you can charge extra for seeds of F1 hybrids since they generally have hybrid vigour. I can't see anyone going to the expense of making an F1 hybrid seed and not labelling it as such! http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=710 -- Regards, Martin Brown |
F1 and F2 seeds
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:34:58 +0100, "vsop"
wrote: When seed packets are marked as F1 or F2 is this a discretionary marketing purpose in order to inform the buyer of .... a) The quality and uniformity of the resulting hybrid produce, or.... b) Is it a legal requirement, there to protect/discourage the customer from saving seed from the hybrid produce because the grown-on plants cannot be guaranteed to come true to the parents? In other words, MUST F1 and F2 seeds be described as such on the packet ...... or is it discretionary? vsop I'm not aware of any legal requirement to label Fx seed as such. However as it commands a premium in terms of the guaranteed performance of the plants grown, no seed seller with any sense will fail to apply the label. As to the results of saving seed, in general unless someone takes all the necessary precautions, saved seed from a plant will not grow true. No seed seller is liable for subsequent generations grown from plants raised from the seeds they sell. It's just that if you buy a pack labelled F1 you know that any seed you collect is unlikely to grow true whatever you do. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes it's raining and sometimes it's not. |
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