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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] catlover 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

also the second generation of plants are mostly way worse than the first (which produced the fruit that you buy)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I don't get this statement. Like is there some ancient pepper plant that all seeds come from?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

From PSU:

It is important to know that not all vegetable varieties are suitable for seed saving. If the variety you want to save is a hybrid, seeds from that plant will not produce genetically true fruits. Most likely, the plant will produce a fruit that resembles one of the plants used to create that hybrid. To avoid this, choose heirloom varieties, ones that have been around since grandma's time or earlier. [...] Heirlooms will produce offspring that are identical to the parent.

https://extension.psu.edu/saving-seeds-from-your-garden

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

The second generation (F2) is worse only in the case they are hybrid seeds (F1)

[–] ricecake 6 points 10 months ago

Cloning plants is a thing people have been doing for a long time, and is one popular way to get good produce.
You also take a set of carefully selected plants and carefully breed them to get a plant that has the desired profile. It's the deliberate nature that results in a better food, not "not being a replant".

Pollinators don't care which plants they combine, so the natural way often produces a fruit that isn't as good as a food crop.
It's the real reason most farmers aren't actually super into reusing seed. It typically results in a lower quality yield.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

They're probably cloned.