F1 F2 F3 HYBRID SEEDS? | POLLINATION and SEED SAVING in Home Gardening

Which Seeds to Choose and Why? F1, F2 or F3 Hybrid seeds or sometimes Heirloom seeds on seed packets. In todays episode we will look into What these letters and terms actually mean and whats their importance in gardening including seed saving and seed savers exchange.
we will learn:
Types of Seeds:
Hybrid seeds (F1 F2 F3),
Heirloom seeds and
Open-Pollinated seeds.
Importance of knowing these types in gardening, specially for those who think of saving their plant seeds for sowing in next season.

If you want to learn some basics of pollination, I have an animated video explaining pollination and seed formation at this link:    • How Are Seeds formed?  Animated POLLI...  

So Now lets understand F1 F2 F3 by drawing a family tree.
Imagine plants as people!
Well, You must know what you are Purchasing, whether children, grand children or great grandchildren! So what actually happens at some point of time with these generations and what to expect in such plants. We will look into this in the video.
Now Regarding F1 Hybrid seeds or or first generation seeds:
F2 Hybrid seeds or second generation seeds.:
Some gardeners might think of Saving seeds from plants grown with F2 seeds. F3 seeds do not have that potency and qualities of F2. So the best seeds are F2 and F1.

Now lets learn two more terms used in gardening - open-pollinated and heirloom seeds:
Some seed companies even sell very old heirloom seeds (like cultivars that are more than 50 or even 100 years old).
The Seed Savers Exchange defines heirlooms as cultivars that have been saved and shared by generations of home gardeners.
One more point to remember is some people think Hybrid seeds are the some synthetic modern seeds produced by genetic modification. These Genetically modified (GM) seeds or crops are actually different and these are created by using the advanced GM technology in agriculture.
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