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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down2·5か月前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-up25arrow-down3·5か月前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-up7·5か月前 Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed. How do they reproduce?
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5か月前Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds. When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5か月前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 🤣
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5か月前I don’t think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.
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.
Apples are a prime example.
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 🤣
I don’t think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.