Talk:Heirloom plant

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I agree with the May 25 suggestion that heirloom seed be merged into this article. They are covering the same topic and this one has been written with a higher quality of writing. As there has been no discussion regarding the merge after two months, I will go ahead and redirect heirloom seed to this article and merge or rewrite anything pertinent from there into this article. --MPerel 18:31, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agriculture portal?

I wonder if it would be appropriate to add the {{farming}} template to this article? Also, perhaps, add heirloom plant to the 'particular' section of the template? Anchoress 22:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Please do not do this now. That template is under discussion on it's talk page and at Wikipedia:WikiProject Agriculture. It is very long and unwieldy and proposals for changing it substantially are currently being discussed.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 19:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect

"To be an heirloom, a plant must be "open-pollinated" No. Whoever wrote this was unaware that heirloom potatoes are not grown from seed. This doesn't apply to heirloom apples and other fruits, either: they are propagated from cuttings. I'm sure there are other exceptions. --Wetman (talk) 04:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)