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Re: [SANET-MG] BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne/Wear | Researchers hail organic potatoes



ok I understand now. thanks for taking the time again. I understand that plants are best if seed is raised on the same land and the plant each generation get more adapted to that place. I seen on TV one time that a farmer was saving corn seed growing on their land for over 50 years when some GMO contaminated that organic corn that was in her family for so long. I think it was bill Moyer. I felt so sorry for them as it not only took away their organicness but also killed all those years of work. I understand what your saying about plants do get use to specific conditions. thanks for the reminder.





I have called my system "soil immunization".
A few other things I do is plant a mixture of several varieties and every year we grow a portion of next years seed potatoes from real seed. Also, everything is home produced. We found at an early stage that home grown seed potatoes did about twice as well than bought in certified seed. So we have not bought seed in for more than 10 years.

I have explained in another mail to Lawrence that we did more or less the same for a few other crops. For instance sweet corn outside is not an easy thing to grow here. Too cold and too wet usually. But for the last 15 years now we have grown sweet corn quite reliably, every time saving our own seed until we had a variety that could survive and thrive here under our specific conditions and without any chemicals.
john
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