Whats the Difference Between Hybrid and Heirloom Vegetables?
What’s the Difference Between Hybrid and Heirloom Vegetables?How can you be sure that the hybrid vegetable seeds you grow aren’t genetically modified and bad for you? Would you be better off sticking to heirloom vegetables or could they be modified too?Answer: Heirloom vegetables are not a special species of plants. The term heirloom vegetable is used to describe any type of vegetable seed that has been saved and grown for a period of years and is passed down by the gardener that preserved it. It has a provenance, of sorts. To be capable of being saved, all heirloom seed must be open pollinated. Open pollinated or OP plants are simply varieties that are capable of producing seeds that will produce seedlings just like the parent plant. Not all plants do this. Plant breeders cross breed compatible types of plants in an effort to create a plant with the best features of both parents. These are called
