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It’s not, though. There is a perfectly viable market of seeds and such for non-biolumenescent plants. You can, in fact, plant watermelon seeds and use the seeds
by KerrAvon 3y ago
It’s not, though. There is a perfectly viable market of seeds and such for non-biolumenescent plants. You can, in fact, plant watermelon seeds and use the seeds in the resulting watermelon to plant more watermelon plants. Crazy.
- Aurornis 3y ago> There is a perfectly viable market of seeds and such for non-biolumenescent plants. I don’t understand what you’re trying to argue, but the patent laws aren’t designed to patent generic, pre-existing plants like generic watermelon.
- pests 3y agoHow is that crazy? That's how plants work. This is not a natural plant though.
- shellfishgene 3y agoThat's not really true for most popular high-performance varieties, most are hybrids and growing them from the harvested seed will lose the characteristics. That's why most commercial farmers buy from a supplier every year instead of saving seeds, and that's the reason for a viable market.
- ryathal 3y agoCommercial farmers also sign agreements to not plant harvested seeds. Monsanto has successfully sued several farmers for not complying with that contract.