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Seeds saved from hybrid vegetables grow true to the parent plant.

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Seeds from a hybrid won't grow true to the parent. An F1 hybrid's seed scatters the traits — you get a mixed, often weaker crop, not a copy. If you want to save seed that comes true, grow open-pollinated or heirloom varieties; saving hybrid seed is a fun experiment, not a way to keep a variety.

What is actually known

You can save and grow seed from an F1 hybrid — the kernel of truth — but it does not come true. An F1 hybrid is the first cross of two distinct parent lines, and its seed (the F2 generation) segregates: the offspring are a genetic lottery, a mix of the grandparents' traits, often less vigorous and rarely matching the plant you saved from. Open-pollinated and heirloom varieties are the ones that come true, because they are stabilised over generations to breed true. So save seed from open-pollinated varieties if you want next year's plants to match; from an F1 hybrid, expect variety, not a copy.

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what this rests on - one pointer

F1 hybrid seed segregates in the F2 generation so offspring do not come true and are often less vigorous; open-pollinated/heirloom varieties breed true; standard plant-genetics and seed-saving consensus

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Milpa Gardens. "Seeds saved from hybrid vegetables grow true to the parent plant." Evidence grade: Contested. https://milpa.garden/beliefs/save-hybrid-seeds-f1-seeds/

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