Weedwhacker said:but will the seeds from those tomatoes be viable? And if so, will they behave like OP varieties?
@Weedwhacker Sandy- Unsure about the future progeny! Interestingly, they make you sign a "terms of sale" that says you won't SELL the plants, future seeds, or produce from them. Of course, you can replant the produced seeds all you want!
janinilulu said: Nope.
and nope.
Thanks for the input!
sallyg said: I'd try it, if it appealed to me.
@sallyg, Sally, I'm an impulse buyer, and "early horticultural adopter" perhaps how you'd describe yourself? I tried the first NON-GMO dark purple tomato
Indigo Rose a decade ago when it hit the market, and agree with the article
from NPR that quoted the breeder the "taste wasn't great." I haven't grown them since, but the progeny (50+ and growing?) is said to be much improved.
TomatoNut95 said:
Please think twice on growing those.
@TomatoNut95 Ann, sure, I'll think twice - and I dig into the data. I appreciate your concern, and thank you for your comments.
Note that the new vaccines (such as for Covid) and cancer treatments are using these GMO modifying techniques, and thewa have also been shaping public and regulatory opinion more recently.
In Europe, the discussion is now re-thinking older GMO legislation, and reassessing if old regulations still make sense.
The European Parliament recently voted to ease regulation of gene-edited crops. Maybe it's just my perspective, but the debate in Europe seems to be more political and less environmental.
"The measure must still be agreed to in negotiations with the European Union's member states, which remain divided about whether to allow the patenting of gene-edited plants and require labels on food made from such crops."
SedonaDebbie said: What an interesting topic you have brought up. GMO purple tomatoes. Hmmm.
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Apparently, obviously many gardeners have some very strong feelings about GMOs. I look forward to hearing a vigorous, productive and polite debate on the subject.
@sedonaDebbie, Debbie, I also look forward to that debate! We all knew that this day would come- When we look a GMO seed in the eye and decide to plant it or not. We already decided to eat the results decades ago, or opt-out by growing and processing all our own food. Similar decisions were made with the new mRNA vaccines for covid (and now many other vaccines) and that decision might be in our future if we face cancer or another disease with GMO options as a treatment.
I honestly want to keep an open mind in this purple tomato discussion.
