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beckygardener said:It doesn't impact the seedling as to where it was originally sown and grown? It is more about pedigree genetics, correct?

Where a plant is originally sown and grown (and how it was grown) can impact many of its characteristics for different lengths of time. Plants can and do adapt to their environment. Most of the changes brought about by such adaptation is relatively temporary. Long term growth, etc. relies more on the genetics.

The seed grown plants seemed to tolerate the heat a bit better. I assumed that was because the heat tolerant seed grown plants were the seedling survivors and the other seeds didn't. So the toughest seeds went on to produce plants that grew and survived better than a plant or less heat tolerant seed did here in my garden.

That would also be my starting assumption.