Name: Is your favorite tomato or pepper an heirloom?
Uploaded: 2024-06-13T02:51:42-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: Vegetable plants can be either heirloom or hybrid. During the gardening season, we often hear about heirloom vegetables, and many of the tomatoes and peppers we personally buy are heirloom varieties. But what exactly is an heirloom vegetable, and why is it more desirable than a hybrid plant? Plant hybridizing is the process of inventing […]

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Is your favorite tomato or pepper an heirloom?

Vegetable plants can be either heirloom or hybrid. During the gardening season, we often hear about heirloom vegetables, and many of the tomatoes and peppers we personally buy are heirloom varieties. But what exactly is an heirloom vegetable, and why is it more desirable than a hybrid plant? Plant hybridizing is the process of inventing […]

Choctaw heirloom seeds return from International Space Station

May 3—Choctaw heirloom seeds that were sent into space as part of experiments on the International Space Station are back on Earth after spending more than five months in orbit. A SpaceX Dragon capsule, which carried the seeds and other cargo from the ISS, successfully splashed down off the west coast of Florida on Tuesday […]