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May 3, 2013 3:11 PM CST
Name: woofie
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By that definition, nearly all seed from commercial packets is Open Pollinated. Ever see the seed production fields in Lompoc, CA? ( I think they belong to Burpee, but I could be wrong about that.) Really beautiful, huge blocks of color.

I do believe that most people agree with the Wikipedia definition of Open Pollinated:
" Open pollination is pollination by insects, birds, wind, or other natural mechanisms, and contrasts with cleistogamy, closed pollination, which is one of the many types of self pollination.[1] Open pollination also contrasts with controlled pollination, which is controlled so that all seeds of a crop are descended from parents with known traits, and are therefore more likely to have the desired traits.

The seeds of open-pollinated plants will produce new generations of those plants; however, because breeding is uncontrolled and the pollen (male parent) source is unknown, open pollination may result in plants that vary widely in genetic traits."
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.

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