I LIVE IN CENTRAL MICH AND IS IT OK TO SAVE SEEDS FROM A SQUASH ,DRY THEM, AND PLANT THEM NEXT YEAR?

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IS IT ADVISIBLE TO SAVE SEEDS FROM A STORE-BOUGHT SQUASH,DRY THEM, AND THEN PLANT THEM NEXT YEAR? THANKS DON COOK

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2003

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Hello Don,

>>Subject: I LIVE IN CENTRAL MICH AND IS IT OK TO SAVE SEEDS FROM A SQUASH ,DRY THEM, AND PLANT THEM NEXT YEAR?

It would be perfectly OK if the squash is an open-pollinated variety.

>>IS IT ADVISIBLE TO SAVE SEEDS FROM A STORE-BOUGHT SQUASH,DRY THEM, AND THEN PLANT THEM NEXT YEAR?

No, it would not be advisable to save seed from store bought squash because more than likely it would be a hybrid and the offspring would not grow back true and would be unstable. You would not get the same exact squash as it came from the store, you would get a variegated assortment of all the types that it took to breed the original hybrid.

-- Anonymous, January 03, 2004


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