Heirloom ID, If You Please
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:41 am
What do you think this sucker looks like? I bought it at the grocery store. If I like it, I'll save the seeds. It weighs 13.5 oz, if that helps.
Would it be uncouth to contact the growers via the website on the sticker and ask them? I don't want to come out and say, "hi, I'd like to take the seeds and grow this so I don't have to buy it from you again."
Not that I feel sorry for them, though... it seems to be a trend to grow and sell heirloom tomatoes in the grocery store as if they're somehow way healthier or better than hybrid-grown. I have a feeling they're just trying to prey on peoples' naivety about them. Honestly, when I buy a grocery store tomato, I don't care if it's a hybrid or not; I just care if it tastes decent, didn't go bad on the way to the store, and didn't cost me an arm and a leg.
Would it be uncouth to contact the growers via the website on the sticker and ask them? I don't want to come out and say, "hi, I'd like to take the seeds and grow this so I don't have to buy it from you again."
Not that I feel sorry for them, though... it seems to be a trend to grow and sell heirloom tomatoes in the grocery store as if they're somehow way healthier or better than hybrid-grown. I have a feeling they're just trying to prey on peoples' naivety about them. Honestly, when I buy a grocery store tomato, I don't care if it's a hybrid or not; I just care if it tastes decent, didn't go bad on the way to the store, and didn't cost me an arm and a leg.