Landrace Gardening: Maintaining a Landrace

Reader Contribution by Joseph Lofthouse
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I consider it my duty as a farmer to maintain healthy and thriving landrace populations for the crops that are most desired by the people whom I feed. My protocol for doing so is:

  • Add small amounts of new genetics to the gene pool from time to time. 
  • Include small amounts of older seed in each year’s planting.
  • Be liberal during selection of seed parents.
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