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Monday, August 19, 2024
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Todays revelation. I realized something about the weeds vs the crop seeds here. The weeds are not necessarily more genetically vigorous than the crop seed, but they ARE being selected to be vigorous, whereas the crop seed (some cabbages, etc)... simply isnt being naturally selected. Thats the difference. To prove my point, not every weed is a vigorous monster weed, 95% of the weeds are average, or weaklings, even. Nature sorts those out and they dont pass their genes on. But nature isnt being allowed to do the same thing on the crop seed. The well-intentioned people breeding the crop seed are unfortunately using unnatural selection methods, they would never stoop to nature's level and broadcast a bunch of seed into a plot of land with insect, disease, and weed pressure. It wouldnt occur to them to let nature take away their good paying job!
And hence the resulting human selections wont stand up to insects, disease, or competition...
I'm always amazed by my kale plants, how they can out compete the weeds, but thats because it broadcasts a gazillion seeds and only the fittest survive. They can compete toe to toe with the weeds, and even win... because they are selected in the same manner as the weeds.
Every other crop could be selected in the same manner as the kale in my garden, if we would give more control back to nature. And conversely if I only pull out the most vigorous weeds, I can select for weak weeds... ha ha. Actually, this really does seem to work.
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