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wagsthadog
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 01/15/2009 : 14:47:38
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Hi all,
I'm considering buying some seeds just to have on hand, and I was weighing the pros and cons of hybrid/non-hybrid seeds in my head before I made a decision.
I know the biggest pro and con between the two= non-hybrid seeds are replantable, hybrid seeds are not.
However, I think sellers of non-hybrid seeds are aware of this special importance and charging up the ying-yang for their seeds.
Last I checked, my local Home Depot had hybrid seeds for every fruit/vegetable imaginable in packets for 10c each.
Wouldn't it be better to just buy a few hundred packets of the hybrid seeds and spend a grand total of $50-$100 and go from there? Obviously they won't last forever, but I'm not expecting the next 90 years to be without agriculture in the US...and I could buy more gold with the money I'd save in the difference in seed...
Anyone subscribe to either thought?
wags
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 16:14:25
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| better to buy just what you need this year, and around summer time buy their leftover non-hybrid seads for 10 cents a bag. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 01/15/2009 : 18:14:32
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There are concerns about pollen from hybrid seeds affecting non-hybrid plants when they flower. I think it's well worth the money and in fact vital to use only non-hybrid seeds for the sake of perpetual food sources. Don't skimp on the front end. It's not worth the money you'll save.
EDIT: I was just looking over some of your other threads about buying gold, and if you have enough money to buy gold, there's absolutely no reason why you should worry about non-hybrid seeds costing a few pennies more than hybrids. Even if it were a dime difference per pack and you were buying enough packs where dimes added up, it still takes about 300 dimes to buy a SINGLE GRAM of gold. So as I said above, it's well worth your cash to buy non-hybrids and not worth the long-term issues that hybrids have. |
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Edited by - Nickelless on 01/15/2009 19:54:59 |
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2009 : 05:07:14
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| if you are trying to justify the higher cost, go to the library and get a book about how to harvest seeds of non-hybrids. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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Posted - 02/18/2009 : 22:45:01
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Wags you can buy & store either kind of seed (store them in a cool dark low moisture place)...the only thing that happens from year to year is the germination rates go down. The only seeds I buy new every year are for green onions as those seeds tend to not keep so great(for regular onions I buy sets i.e. tiny bulbs...you can start onions from seed but that is a royal pain if sets are available).
A rule of thumb...bigger seeds like corn & peas tend to last longer & keep their germination percentages high.
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