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What defines an Heirloom garden?
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Posted by little_dani 9, S. Tex Coast (My Page) on Fri, Jun 5, 09 at 10:17
| Our gardening group is putting in an educational garden, and we are in the beginning stages- planning for the different gardens right now.
Can someone give me a definition of an heirloom garden? Nothing complicated, we just need to know how to explain to some who may not be familiar with it. I thought I would ask the experts first.
Thanks,
Janie |
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RE: What defines an Heirloom garden?
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| For tomatoes one definition of heirloom is any open pollinated (non hybrid) variety over 40 years old, so for a whole garden I would think all vegetables would have to fit that description. Seed catalogs use the term hierloom very loosely to include all open pollinated (non hybrid) varieties. |
RE: What defines an Heirloom garden?
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| Most people on the toms forum refer to them as OP or hybrid. I think the 40 yrs old is kind of a myth. I've also heard 25 and 50. Many people consider a stable f6 or f7 as being OP and also considered heirloom for the purposes of selling or trading seed. |
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