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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 天前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).
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 天前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.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 天前 Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed. How do they reproduce?
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 天前Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds. When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 天前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 🤣
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).
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.
How do they reproduce?
Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds.
When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
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 🤣
Apples are a prime example.