AlabamaJack
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will ya'll quit pickin at one another...please...its giving me indigestion...
pass the parcel seed trading
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AlabamaJack
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no ma'am I don't, I just try and not ever say anything negative against anyone and I wish others would do the same...when I read the posts with negative remarks in them it makes me sad...there is no sense in it at all and no one is going to win an argument on a forum...
as I recall all this started about strain purity...and now I wish I had not said a word about it...I totally understand your point about the people at the swap meets wanting your healthy plants for some trash plants but I hope here, we (all of us) try and keep our varieties as pure as we can so we can share with others the best seeds we can develop...
you all know how many varieties I am growing this year...and they are all going to be in containers within 50 yards of each other...that is for me to eat and use...the ones I am really going to be careful with are my superhots and I am going to do all in my control to keep them away from cross breeding...thats all anyone can do whether it is bagging the plant, limbs, flowers, moving them away from other plants, etc...
the comments about most of us not watching the cross breeding may be true, but I surely hope that if I trade with someone they would tell me they were open pollinated if they were...
I hate controversy....period....
as I recall all this started about strain purity...and now I wish I had not said a word about it...I totally understand your point about the people at the swap meets wanting your healthy plants for some trash plants but I hope here, we (all of us) try and keep our varieties as pure as we can so we can share with others the best seeds we can develop...
you all know how many varieties I am growing this year...and they are all going to be in containers within 50 yards of each other...that is for me to eat and use...the ones I am really going to be careful with are my superhots and I am going to do all in my control to keep them away from cross breeding...thats all anyone can do whether it is bagging the plant, limbs, flowers, moving them away from other plants, etc...
the comments about most of us not watching the cross breeding may be true, but I surely hope that if I trade with someone they would tell me they were open pollinated if they were...
I hate controversy....period....
No controversy here, I 
everybody. Lets all have a drink 
everybody. Lets all have a drink 
I can understand both sides of this thing and think we can all meet in the middle. A simple addition to labels would solve it all. If the seeds you put in are pure for sure (bagged or bought that way) put in on the label. If you just walked out and picked from a plant that didnt' have protection, label it that way. I too think it should be fun and lighthearted, but I very much understand Pam's point of view. Just as all of us enjoy different kinds of peppers and different levels of heat, our gardens are the same way.....all different and the way we want them. I personally don't care if I get some goofy stuff because I have plenty of room to grow and do it mostly for fun anway. BUT. If I were limited on space, or perhaps budget, I wouldn't want waste space in the garden growing something that wasn't a guarantee. Can't we all find a middle ground here and make this work.