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Old May 26, 2014   #13
Lee
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Originally Posted by Redbaron View Post
Last year I bought a big box seedling Big Beef (Bonnie Nursery) and also grew my own. The nursery seedlings looked wonderful compared to my seedlings. But once in the ground mine out performed them radically.

I am trying the experiment again this year with SunGold F1.

Nice idea. Although I understand it's not practical, it would be interesting to see the aggregated results of say 10 homegrown vs 10 store bought over a season..... I know I've had two identical plants grown by me perform differently in the garden and same season.

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