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minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish40•1 day agoAlso, most farmers use hybrid crops, which you already can’t save, because they’re hybrids. (You can save them, but they’re not going to produce the same plants you get them from).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 day agoWhether a plant species is hybridized has little effect on whether it grows true from seed or only via cuttings. Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.
minus-square@The_vlinkEnglish1•9 hours agoI don’t think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 day ago Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed. How do they reproduce?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 day agoSexual reproduction via flowers+seeds. When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 day agoOh OK, that makes sense - you’re talking about clones right? I thought you were saying that they don’t even come out the same species 🤣
Also, most farmers use hybrid crops, which you already can’t save, because they’re hybrids. (You can save them, but they’re not going to produce the same plants you get them from).
Whether a plant species is hybridized has little effect on whether it grows true from seed or only via cuttings.
Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.
I don’t think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.
Apples are a prime example.
How do they reproduce?
Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds.
When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
Oh OK, that makes sense - you’re talking about clones right? I thought you were saying that they don’t even come out the same species 🤣