Saving seeds

[jackb]

My wife, who is always trying new vegetables, brought home a package of interesting looking tomatoes. After checking the variety on Wikipedia, I found that they were a variety called Olmeca, developed in Spain and grown commercially in greenhouses in Europe. The variety is not a hybrid, but rather a natural adaptation to their growing conditions. According to Wikipedia, seeds are not available, however, "anyone can save seeds from a Komato and use the seeds for private use" In any event, this should be an interesting experiment.

 

[digitS']

Good to Go, Jack!

I'd suspect that the Wiki-info is wrong. Some companies are fairly serious about their plant patents. Still, you aren't trying to make money off the plants from seeds that accidentally got into a pot.

(I think I had plants in 2011 (& now have seedlings) from an Early Girl parent . . . ssshhhhh ).

I play a lawyer neither on teevee nor in a courtroom. No doubt someone could sue me for saying what I just did, tho'. I'll be waiting by the door for the guys with the search warrant to check thru the tomato seedlings here in the south window .

Steve

ETA: Oh Hey! They are a brown tomato, you've got there!!

 

[jackb]

In this case I will place my trust in Wikipedia. If anyone gets sued it will be them. :/

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm not a lawyer either. I don't know what treaties govern seed protection between the US and other specific countries. I can't give you legal advice, but morally and ethically, I don't see anything wrong with you trying them for private use. If you were trying to make money off of them, that might be different.

Good luck with it.

 

[jackb]

According to what I read the person found the plants at the end of a row that had poor growing conditions. It was a natural adaptation, not a patented variety. These occur naturally in gardens all the time. I have not tasted them yet and they may not even be worth the effort. My wife is drying them for some sauce recipe.