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Are you sure that pepper is GMO,or are you just assuming it contains a transgene..... By law the seed has to be labeled if it contains a transgene. The intials sound like some kind of virus resistance gene,the vast majority of which are from conventional sources. While you might not like...

Corn is best planted when the soil temp reaches 50 and stays there for a week. Find a stick thermometer and push it into the bare soil. Put a bucket on top it the thermometer. Come back the next day. The coolest time will be about 9 in the morning. Depending on where you live, the ag...

Why don't you use a plant a half dozen of your F2 population (multiple plants) and cross the best 2-3 plants back to what you thought you had in the first place - It's a population Backcross. For most folks, F2's are pretty diverse and most gardeners are not going to grow a population size big...

Last year at this time the Illinois Dept of Ag said the 4 inch bare soil temp in Champaign IL. was about 55 F. This year it is 34 degrees. Go Figure.... Before the last 9" snow, my soil worked fairly well (it was in a raised bed). I planted onions, spinach, lettuce and beets late last...

10 % moisture is not hard to do under normal, midwest fall conditions. Often things can get too dry, then seeds develop stress cracks and embryo damage due to impact damage. I would think those guys in moister areas may be able to drop a couple points of H20 by putting breathable seed packets...

Hello: I'm new to this forum... did a lot of work in college with seeds. Generally, high oil seeds break down quicker than seeds comprised of carbohydrates. With Seed Corn and most field crop seeds the rule of thumb is that the relative humidity + the storage temp of the seed should = less...