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A hundred years ago, gardeners cultivated dandelions in their garden bed: https://williamrubel.com/2015/04/23/the-history-of-the-garden-dandelion/ https://willi
by hosh 3y ago
A hundred years ago, gardeners cultivated dandelions in their garden bed: https://williamrubel.com/2015/04/23/the-history-of-the-garden-dandelion/ https://williamrubel.com/2015/04/23/the-history-of-the-garde...
Basil is a cultivated herb that often breaks out of containment and goes wild. Sometimes, people will redomesticate those because the ones that survive the local conditions are well-adapted to the climate.
- cubefox 3y agoThat's interesting, but it's not clear whether there is any cultivated dandelion species that is substantially different from the wild dandelion.
- hosh 3y agoYou might not have to deliberately breed it in any particular way since wild dandelions are already yields something useful for humans.
- cubefox 3y agoYeah but if they'd been bred they would be much more useful. Compare wild carrots to domesticated carrots: https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/wild-carrot-root-daucus-carota-bird-s-nest-bishop-s-lace-queen-anne-s-lace-daucus-carota/RDC-355648 https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/wild-carro...
- tintedfireglass 3y agobut wild coconut palms are exactly the same as farmed/domesticated ones. There is no difference between them (atleast until before the green revolution)