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"seeds from the tomatoes themselves produce fruits that taste differently." That's interesting, do you happen to know why that is? My wife and I just started a
by benbreen 9y ago
"seeds from the tomatoes themselves produce fruits that taste differently."
That's interesting, do you happen to know why that is? My wife and I just started a little garden, partially based on growing seeds from peppers and squash that we've bought at farmer's markets, and now I'm curious to see if anything ends up tasting substantially different.
- ryandamm 9y agoLots of fruit aren't true-breeding; the characteristics of the parent plant determine the quality of the fruit, but the seeds are genetically distinct. This is a major issue in apples, which typically have to be propagated by cloning and grafting to maintain fruit quality across generations.
- markdown 9y agoSame with avocado pears, which is why you see the same tiny little Haas avocados in supermarkets all over the world.
- eps 9y agoBecause it's the first gen of a cross-pollinated variety. They take two "pure" lines of species that are produced by self-pollinating the same variety for many generations and then cross-pollinate. This creates a hybrid. It tastes and looks great, but it yields seeds that are a result of _self_pollination, so some original traits get suppressed and some dormant traits activate. I didn't know that either, but apparently it's basic botany. Google up "F1 F2 seeds".
- Figs 9y agoI'm not familiar with the Edioso specifically, but I have run into another branded tomato produced by Syngenta called the "Kumato". (They're pretty good, actually, though I'm not a huge fan of the concept of patented plants...) That one has the same issue because it's a hybrid. See: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_seed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_seed - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1_hybrid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1_hybrid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato