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Old October 9, 2015   #8
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Originally Posted by Ricky Shaw View Post
I had read this a while back on the Hydro Gardens site and found it interesting.

Plant breeding can take 20 years or more to get a variety to market. Usually, the variety is only on the market for a few years before a newer variety is released. The cost of all of the breeding must be recovered by the seed companies in only a few years. This is why the cost of our seeds are much higher than garden variety seeds.
This sounds vaguely familiar...the big-pharma two step. 20 years? Pitch-drop speed breeding going on there?

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Originally Posted by zipcode View Post
Johnny's prices are too high, about 40% more than what you can find elsewhere, if you can find it. And that is the thing, they offer commercial hybrid seeds in small quantities, and there are very few places you can find them like that, or nowhere else, hence their high asking price.
Try UK for better prices on top cherry hybrid seeds.
I've noticed that some places selling hybrids have a 100 seed minimum, if at all, most of the time it's a bigger figure. The aliquot pricing is starting to make sense.

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