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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

Your Garden Produce May Be Less Nutritious Than You Think

 

Learn why it’s crucial to start collecting heirloom seeds

If your veggies don’t come from heirloom seeds, the possibility of them having low level of nutrients is very high. In fact, the nutrient decline that is registered in the past decades, is often closely related not only to poor soil but also to the loss of heirloom seeds.

People keep buying new seeds and forget about last year’s harvest.

Heirlooms are a symbol of variety while in many cases, the newly introduced (and often labeled GMO) seeds are often the culprits when it comes to nutrient depletion.

This thought-provoking article will hopefully shed more light onto this problem.

We know you are already an organic gardener, but sometimes acknowledging the issue helps us see where we can improve.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

(Video) How To Breed A New Sort Of Tomatoes

 

The art of cross-pollinating and breeding new tomatoes, aubergines, peppers and potatoes

Have you always wanted to create your own tomato or pepper species but never truly knew how? It’s indeed a tricky work and you need to be very gentle with your veggies and fruits flowers, so you don’t damage them.

You’ll learn why you need the stigma of the flower so you can cross-pollinate the plant.

Basically, the underlying mechanism is transferring pollen from one flower to another, thus crossing two sorts of the same plant.

With a little practice you can create your own sorts, and save the seeds as heirlooms, so you can keep growing these new sorts in the future.

It’s a great way of creating varieties, and yet keeping them GMO-free. Besides there’s nothing more precious than keeping your own heirloom seeds.

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