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The Difference Between Hybrid and Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Many people say the difference between hybrid and heirloom vegetable seeds make the hybrid seeds clearly superior. They have a valid argument, yet heirloom seeds have redeeming qualities that make them valuable to many gardeners and even some farmers.

The difference between hybrid and heirlooms seeds.

1. Hybrid Seeds. Hybrid vegetable seeds are created by crossing two varieties of the same species of vegetable. The resulting seeds are often referred to as F1 and have the best qualities of both parent varieties.

Hybrid varieties are normally grown for their high yield and disease resistance.

With hybrid varieties you don’t want to save the seeds, the resulting plants won’t have much in common with the parents and will likely be poor performers in the garden. If the seeds from hybrid plants performed well, they would become an open pollinated variety that is no longer a hybrid.

2. Heirloom Seeds. Heirloom seeds are old varieties of seed, while open pollinated varieties are younger. I’m going to be referring to open pollinated seeds as heirloom seeds in the rest of this article, heirlooms have become more common today than open pollinated.

Heirloom seeds can be saved from year to year, ideally producing plants that are becoming better adapted to the conditions in your garden, or producing a crop that you find more desirable, over multiple generations.

There is one thing that makes heirlooms seeds very valuable, their nutrient content is often higher than hybrid varieties.

In the end, every gardener must decide what varieties of plant you want to grow. Keep the difference between hybrid and heirloom seeds in mind and you will be better prepared to make the decision.

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