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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Also, most farmers use hybrid crops, which you already can't save, because they're hybrids. (You can save them, but they're not going to produce the same plants you get them from).

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Whether a plant species is hybridized has little effect on whether it grows true from seed or only via cuttings.

Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.

How do they reproduce?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds.

When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh OK, that makes sense - you're talking about clones right? I thought you were saying that they don't even come out the same species 🤣

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Apples are a prime example.