747: All About Grexing, a Seed Chat.
A chat with an expert on seeds.
At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman, the former Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.
Come join us for the next live class, or catch up on our previous classes through our podcast episodes. Either way you will expand your seed knowledge and gain new perspectives on your food system.
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In This Seed Chat:
This is the May 2023 Seed Chat with Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson discussing a gardening concept that involves mixing seeds on purpose before planting with a goal of cross-pollination. A Grex is a mixture of varieties growing together and encouraged to cross-pollinate. The seeds from those crosses are grown out again and again. Instead of crossing two parents to create offspring, the breeder crosses dozens. The word Grex means ‘flock’.
CHAT HIGHLIGHTS:
Here are some links from our show this month:
Colorado Gardener, GREX By Penn Parmenter: https://www.coloradogardener.com/post/grex-growing
Landrace Gardening – https://lofthouse.com
Bok Choi Grex – https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/bok-choi-grex
Speedy Dry Bean Grex – https://wildmountainseeds.com/product/lofthouses-fastest-dry-bean-grex/
Heirloom survivors grex – https://wildmountainseeds.com/product/heirloom-survivors-grex/
Peace Seedlings Live – http://www.peaceseedslive.com/peace-seedlings.html
www.urbanfarm.org/seeds23may
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Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.
*Disclosure:
Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.
