253-A Primer on Plant Breeding for Home Gardeners
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Plant breeding isn't just for commercial growers. With some knowledge, a bit of effort and a fair amount of patience, any home gardener can breed new crosses of flowers or vegetables. To discuss how to create hybrid and open-pollinated plant varieties, my guest this week is garden writer and plant breeder Joseph Tychonievich.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.4 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.4 | Hi everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.7 | Show. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm starting this episode with your two favorite words, geek alert, and how could it |
| 0:29.7 | not be when we're talking with the author of a book about plant breeding. |
| 0:34.2 | My guest for this episode is Joseph Taikonovich, someone I've known for quite a while in one |
| 0:39.5 | of the nicest and smartest guys you'll ever meet when it comes to horticulture. |
| 0:44.0 | Joseph discovered his love of gardening at the age of five. |
| 0:47.2 | He's got me beat by three years. |
| 0:49.4 | When he asked his mother for packs of seed for his birthday, that is a true Gardner |
| 0:53.9 | right there. |
| 0:54.9 | And his passion for gardening has never slowed down. |
| 0:57.7 | He earned a bachelor's degree in horticulture from Ohio State University and studied plant |
| 1:02.0 | breeding and genetics at Michigan State. |
| 1:04.6 | Clearly, he was making a name for himself at an early age because in 2013, organic |
| 1:09.7 | gardening magazine named Joseph among the top young horticulturist in America. |
| 1:14.5 | He's the author of several books, including his first book and the one we're going to |
| 1:17.6 | focus on today, plant breeding for the home Gardner. |
| 1:21.1 | And these days, Joseph stays busy as a garden writer for numerous publications along with |
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