when buying plants from a store

to put in your garden how do you know if the seeds they produce will be viable for the next season? i saw some baby tomatos and what not at the store and thought about getting some but dont want it to be GM or something were i cannot harvest the seeds

The only problem with saving those seeds is they're mostly hybrids and won't hold "true". Look for heirlooms and you'll be good. They should be "highlighted" in some manner.

so they should have heirloom veggie plants that are a couple weeks old at nuseries?

I would hope so. Most nurserymen will know. Don't hesitate to ask. If they don't have 'em this year, they might remember someone asking for them next....
Try farmer's markets, too....like in Amish country.

haha alright ill hit one up and ask for heirlooms. maybe a farmers market as Austin is a more natural city. dont think many amish live around here. they would die from the heat haha. its already hot as shit

Or you could order seeds online, at the moment I am thinking of Annies Heirloom seeds...
just make sure you ensure self pollination so you will retain the original genetics.

dank smoker420 said:

haha alright ill hit one up and ask for heirlooms. maybe a farmers market as Austin is a more natural city. dont think many amish live around here. they would die from the heat haha. its already hot as shit

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It's cause the Amish only live in a couple places. Lancaster PA bring one of them. When I ride around the rich neighborhoods I see a lot of Amish men and older teen boys doing framing for huge properties. They must instill some skills in their youth because I don't see many 16 year olds on rooftops swinging a hammer with that degree of professionalism. And you can't mistake the bowl shapped haircuts and the beards on the men. I bought a boxer pup off an Amish man once. I had to drive 2 hrs to get there. He wouldn't let me in his home. We conducted business in the barn. There were no electric lights on in his home. Just candle light. The boxer was brindle and we named him Buster. They also have plenty of farmers markets near here with Amish men and women preparing food. Fresh killed chicken, hot sausage, fresh farm eggs and a furniture store where everything is made by little Amish child labor. LOL. I don't know that I'm just trying to be funny. But their furniture is first rate. I saw a PBS doc on the Amish once. They once lost a child to a very disturbed child murderer. The murderer was caught. The ENTIRE Amish community came together and marched to the home of the killer where they hugged and wept with the family of the killer. They wanted them to know they forgave. They wouldn't prosecute the killer. They forgave them instead. The crowd destroyed the building that was the school house. I think that's where the Amish child was taken. I have rarely seen such humanity and dignity in my life time.

I lived in Amish country in northern IN. They've gone commercial and are capitalizing on the quaint old ways. Google Middlebury IN.

really amazing to watch them do an old fashioned barn raising. There was a tornado that ripped thru the area and we were privileged to see them work...almost like ants. Many minds with a single purpose.

FWIW...
I got some heirloom seeds off the Burpee rack. If you want the cool stuff an order will be needed.

Heirloom seed is the way to go. certified. i sell heirloom seedlings in April from my house, in *CENSORED*

Azoned said:

I lived in Amish country in northern IN. They've gone commercial and are capitalizing on the quaint old ways. Google Middlebury IN.

really amazing to watch them do an old fashioned barn raising. There was a tornado that ripped thru the area and we were privileged to see them work...almost like ants. Many minds with a single purpose.

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The people with that business aren't amish...they are using the term as an attraction...if amish people weren't so damned Amish-y they could sue and win...have super fancy racing buggies for everyone...Ha onward lightning...And then they could gamble on all the horses racing around...and then of course here comes hot dogs and beer...aww man...now they'e just americans...hahahhahahahahahahahahhahaaaaa...

so that place is using the term amish as an attraction, but there is electricity, and they probably buy all their stuff from the amish at super low prices, and then resell this authentic Amish work at a grossly inflated price...so she is not lying, but she is probably using the term is the wrong way...But it keeps saying authentic Amish style...which is like saying Pasteurized Cheddar cheese food...the issue is the word "food" in that sentence...the word food opens it up to you agreeing to eat something that company is calling cheese, but isn't actually cheese at all...so in authentic Amish style the word is "style" it is made like the amish...not necessarily by the amish...I bet her putting a place like that too close to their area probably makes them kinda mad too...but I don't live there...but watch out for words at the end of things...marketing specialists know we focus on certain places on packages, and how to word things...but you gotta be smarter than them...

That one reason I like being a stoner. I can stare at packages for a minute. Read every word.

... and enjoy taking the time to do it.
philosophy...
people that are in a hurry for fear of missing something are usually speeding right by IT.

I think a lot of the "Amish" folk you see doing contracted work might actually be Mennonite. They don't mind dealing with us "English" folk.

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They must instill some skills in their youth because I don't see many 16 year olds on rooftops swinging a hammer with that degree of professionalism.

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That's cause they remove their kids from the school system at about age 12-14 and put them to work - usually carpentry or in this case - contracting. Talk about child labor.

There is a huge Amish community here - Amish town, or Whiskerville as we call it. They'll all bearded, get it?

Amish girls wear bonnets, Mennonites wear scarves or hankies or whatever.

I believe the government now makes atleast one person in an amish community certify to be a teacher, they get homeschooled

Also some are allowed to use power tools when doing contract jobs and also usually one person in a community has a license for when driving is necessary.

I've always had success with vegetable gardens, and have enjoyed laying out small plots, to giant "Art" gardens with beds laid out in geometric designs. Moving to Florida, I discovered that the Sandy Soil doesn't promote the growth of too many vegetables. I found an amazing assortment of heirloom tomato plants at a local nursery a few years ago, spent a bunch of cash, planted them out back, and watched them quickly turn into brown sticks of death. I don't know... theres something about nematodes in the soil... and anyone I've seen actually growing tomatoes has them in pots, or some super expensive Hydro-tub on wheels. I heard about the "Mighty Mato" on a radio program, and checked them out... They are Grafted Seedlings produced by a nursery in Southern California, and shipped all over the country. The root stock is resistant to nematodes, and other soil-borne insects and diseases, and has a fast growing root system that is huge. They graft Heirloom seedlings onto this super root stock, in a "Grafted to order" kind of concept. I've got five plants in the ground right now.... they've been growing for about a month now... they're four feet tall and higher... they're all flowering, and every plant has a few fruits