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Feb 28, 2008 | 8:20 PM PST
Tag: gardening questions

Now, I know that I am fairy new to the gardening scene, but I have learned a lot already from this site. You guys are really informative. I have a question, what is an heirloom seed, and an antique seed? What is the difference between them, and regular seeds?

Today was a good day, I went grocery shopping and stuff. I did notice more seedlings, I am getting very excited!!! I never thought that anything that I planted would grow, I guess I only had to be patient.

I decided to start learning the Japanese language again, at one time the only thing that I wanted was Japanese fluency, times have changed, and I want so much more.

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bsmitch	Feb 28, 2008 \| 11:29 PM PST To be an heirloom, a plant must be "open-pollinated", meaning it will grow "true to type" and produce plants like the parents from seed. This excludes nearly every hybrid. Open pollination allows the same cultivar to be grown simply from seed for many generations. Antique seeds are open-pollinated varieties that originated fifty or more years ago. The seeds from open-pollinated varieties will reproduce true to type, that is, they will grow into new plants that look like the parent plant.So you see, they are pretty much the same thing. I hope this helps, The hillbilly Last edited by bsmitch on February 28th at 11:31 PM.
yardgranny6	Feb 29, 2008 \| 7:32 AM PST You must be the sharpest 'hillbilly' I ever here'd tell of. LB
Batnavel	Feb 29, 2008 \| 2:38 PM PST Yard, that was stated just perfect. I want a t-shirt that says that!!!

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