Question about planting organic seeds?

Question

I purchased organic "seeds of change". A few different vegetable varieties. However, I'm wondering, since they are organic, does that mean the seeds that the plants produce will be "grow-able" as well like heirloom seeds, or will the seeds produced by the plants be useless like you'd expect with hybrid plants?

Answer 1

I agree with Tex. You have been duped.



Sorry

Answer 2

Organic tells you how the parent plants were grown, that is all. With Organic seeds you will not get GMO's but F1 hybrids are allowed as are Open Pollinated/Heirloom seeds. To know which is which look on the seed packet and it will clearly say if it is an F1 or not.



BTW, F1 hybrids are not sterile, if you were to save seed the seeds will be viable you just won't get many offspring that look and taste like the parents but you will get a crop.



Get the book Seed to Seed by Susan Ashworth so you learn more about seed breeding and saving (there is quite a bit more to it than simply collecting the seeds as you can get bad crossing with any OP/heirloom crops if not properly isolated-basically creating your own hybrids, something you don't want if you goal is to keep genetic lines clean and that is what seed savers are doing-preserving genetic lines).



That said, Seed to Seed sells mainly OP's, IIRC, I have not used that seed house in decades, not since M&M Mars bought it out.



But you are smart to buy certified organic seed as there is a big difference in how they are raised and organcally raised seed are far better suited to organic farming and gardening http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/opinion/sunday/look-carefully-at-those-seeds.html?_r=1&

Answer 3

If they were grown organically, it shouldn't effect additional crops.

Answer 4

Organic does not mean squat when it comes to saving and reusing seeds. You just spent a lot of money unnecessarily. It all depends on what kind of seeds they are. Heirloom seeds generally will reproduce true, hybrid will generally not do that.