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Post by lilolpeapicker on Sept 13, 2022 21:03:54 GMT -5
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Post by Mumsey on Sept 14, 2022 15:45:41 GMT -5
Interesting. They sure make it sound good. Why don’t we just eat snapdragons?
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Post by centralilrookie on Sept 14, 2022 18:59:34 GMT -5
Mumsey, I thought your response was a witty joke till I googled it. Now I’ll keep my chuckles to myself!😂😂😂
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Post by gardendmpls on Sept 14, 2022 23:12:34 GMT -5
Snapdragons are edible, but not tasty, or as they put it, an aquired taste. There are already blue and black tomatoes, which have good levels of anthocyanins, so I'm not sure how much more these might have to justify the cost of all that gene manipulation.
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Post by emmsmommy on Sept 15, 2022 7:56:40 GMT -5
I think I'll save my snapdragons to look at and while I'll probably add a purple tomato to next year's trial, it definitely won't be a GMO one.
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Post by gardendmpls on Sept 15, 2022 9:25:41 GMT -5
it definitely won't be a GMO one. Don't worry. GMO seeds are expensive to develop and have a lot of paperwork attached to their sale. They are available to farmers who can deal with that, not to gardeners.
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Post by emmsmommy on Sept 15, 2022 14:13:42 GMT -5
Don't worry. GMO seeds are expensive to develop and have a lot of paperwork attached to their sale. They are available to farmers who can deal with that, not to gardeners. That's a bit sad as if it were left up to organic gardeners GMOs probably wouldn't be a threat.
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Post by gardendmpls on Sept 15, 2022 16:27:52 GMT -5
I don't see them all as a threat. Like anything else, some will be very useful and solve some food problems. Others will be a bad idea and these are the ones to keep an eye on.
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