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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago

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).

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

Apples are a prime example.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.

How do they reproduce?

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds.

When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

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 🤣

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.

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