An exciting new series of podcasts

[Galina]

On William Whitson's Cultivariable pages, there are now so far three exciting podcasts and more to follow. I have just listened to the podcast with Tom Wagner, the gifted tomato and potato breeder. And learned a lot, including the full breeding history of that famous tomato 'Green Zebra'.

https://www.cultivariable.com/tom-wa...r-mater-seeds/

Podcast 2 was with Curzio Caravati from the Kenosha potato project
https://www.cultivariable.com/curzio...otato-project/

and
Podcast 1 was with Nathan Kleinman of the Experimental Farm Network
https://www.cultivariable.com/nathan...-farm-network/

Wonderful stuff for a rainy afternoon!

[Galina]

By the way, one detail I gathered from Tom Wagner's podcast is that tps do n o t last as long as 40 years. Maybe that remark was regarding tps stored in the freezer. He mentioned much younger tps as old seed. I am now going to store my older tps in the freezer, rather the filing cabinet just to make sure I don't lose them. However he does confirm that seeds which are a few years old germinate better than fresh seeds.

[Galina]

And here again, in a quote from Tom Wagner on facebook today: "The oldest seed is 14 years old and that is the slowest. I took pictures of each cell to record the Seedling growth and vigor so that the photo could tell the story without my words". eoq In other words" 14 is very old for tps, not 40. Another myth dispelled.

[Galina]

https://www.cultivariable.com/category/podcast/ A Q and A podcast.

[Galina]

https://soundcloud.com/tomwagner-3/p...edium=facebook

Tom Wagner the creator of many tomatoes and potatoes about the basics of plant breeding.

https://soundcloud.com/tomwagner-3/plant-breeding-102

[Galina]

Carol Deppe on OSSI seeds. https://osseeds.org/free-the-seed-po...dini-zucchini/

[Galina]

More on OSSI seeds and plant breeding: https://osseeds.org/free-the-seed-po...ed-initiative/

[clumsy]

These pod cast are very good. I thought I should listen to them.

[Galina]

Maybe a bit specialised for many, but I am learning at lot from them.

[clumsy]

It was very interesting listening to the podcast, I like learning new things.

[Galina]

More from Tom Wagner answering questions.

https://soundcloud.com/tomwagner-3/p...zChZGfrccbusj0

[Galina]

Another podcast that might be of interest is on winter gardening in the Pacific North West of the USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdq...&feature=share

[Galina]

About landrace plant breeder Joseph Lofthouse:
https://www.cultivariable.com/podcas...eph-lofthouse/