Q: I am going to start tomato plants indoors under lights this spring and then transplant them to my garden. I’m just looking at seed catalogs, and I see that some tomatoes are “open pollinated” and ...

It’s easy to see why the sunflower is one of the world’s favorite flowers. They’re easy to grow, have easy-to-save seeds, and are undeniably cheerful in the garden. Open-pollinated types are magnets ...

When you select seeds for your garden, you have many varieties to choose from. Some are F1 hybrids; others are open-pollinated or heirloom. Though it might seem that a seed is just a seed, there are ...

Seed saving is an excellent way to continue growing the same produce year after year. Tomatoes, peppers, beans and peas are good choices for seed saving because these plants have flowers that are self ...

This is the time of year when people ask about saving seed from vegetable gardens to plant next spring. This is recommended only with open-pollinated vegetables as their seed genetics are more stable.

Observation of heterosis in variety crosses of maize makes it clear that varieties are not genetically identical. Admitting genetic divergencies between varieties, any attempt to attribute the extent ...