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Originally Posted by slugworth
Kumato saved seeds took forever also when I made the attempt years ago.
On a side note,I wonder how many people have run into sterile saved seeds
that I see warnings about on various sites, and are actually true.
4th of july hybrid was supposed to be a sterile when saved seed,but they lied.
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I don't remember anyone saying saved hybrid seeds are sterile. What I do remember people saying is saved hybrid seeds will probably not grow true to the plant or fruit it was saved from. A hybrid plant may produce a great tasting tomato, but it's offspring may taste like card board.
I've also been told that many old hybrid varieties are in fact no longer hybrid. The companies who sell them grew the variety through it's f7 phase, but want the customers to continue believing they are hybrid and will not save seed from them. For the seed producers, it is much less expensive to produce genetically stable seed than constantly producing hybrid seed. I have no idea how true that is.