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Do you enjoy gardening ? Do you like arise truly unique varieties ? Do you love be intimate that you are contributing to a good case like increasing biodiversity ? Do you want to assay something raw in 2024 ?
If you answer “ yes ” to any ( or all ) of these questions , then Seed Savers Exchange has an exciting opportunity for you : the Community Science ADAPT program .
What is ADAPT ? It ’s a play and exciting way to get involved in Seed Savers Exchange ’s mission to conserve and divvy up open - pollenate seeds and foster biodiversity . Participants trial variety show from SSE ’s seed banking concern in their own garden and appraise them onkey feature , including yield , flavor , earliness , appearance , and disease resistivity , help SSE understand the adaptability of different varieties across multiple environments . TheADAPT plan also serves to play up owing varieties from the collectionand usher the choice of young come introductions into the annual SSE catalogue .
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In 2023 , almost 700 individuals in various growing zones across the United States and Canada took part in ADAPT , include Kylie Sparrow Connatser . Kylie describes participating in the ADAPT syllabus as “ one of the highlights ” of her gardening journey . “ Prior to link ADAPT , I rarely venture into growing from seed , but now an impressive 95 percent of my garden consists of plant life grown from seeds , and the sense of accomplishment is truly elating , ” she says . “ Through ADAPT , I ’ve had the prerogative of uncover various crop varieties that I might never have encountered otherwise , some of which have become yearly staple in my garden . ”
What did SSE learn from its 2023 trials of seven different harvest character ? Plenty . The ‘ Southern Greasy ’ variety of collard green , for object lesson , has solid pest resistance , while the ‘ Albina Verduna ’ white beetroot is so seraphic it almost tastes like sweet corn . As for the ‘ Picksy Stripe ’ dwarf Lycopersicon esculentum — well , with the aid of the 2023 ADAPT participants , we affirm thisvariety is perfect for stuffing . Thanks to the efforts of nurseryman across North America , SSE has add this information ( and much more ) to its descriptions of sort grown this past twelvemonth .
The 2024 ADAPT tryout will offer 11 crops from which to choose . Participants will take the crop(s ) they desire to run — up to four different single — and will then be randomly assign three miscellanea of each crop to uprise side - by - side under the same shape . In February , SSE will place player a kit containing seed , plant labels , a data sheet , and instructions for submitting their data .
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