Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

Here, a video profile of ‘Gulag Stars’. the marriage of two entirely different crop species, originally bud-pollinated by Tim Peters to bypass species incompatibility mechanisms. A perfect fit for the winter greenhouse. From Adaptive Seeds. #ccppcf2020seed facebook.com/nick.routledge.39/videos/3726838330733463/

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Quoted by@MadsMcKeever @adaptiveandrew @AdaptiveSeeds @allanjenkins21 And Gulag Stars, since carried forward by Adaptive, is now a mainstay of winter cropping systems in our neck of the woods. Truly fascinating to me how significantly such populations can improve through years of conscious stewardship. From 'novel and interesting' to 'superstar'!Quoted by7/ The further in we go, the deeper it gets. Here, using homestead-level, traditional plant-breeding skills, an inter-breeding of Asian greens (B. rapa) and Russo-Siberian kales (B. napus) birthing an entirely new crop type. Plant nutrition-syntheses, wedding the fabric of life.Quoted by1/ Our concentrated, late-season push to build a greenhouse, worked! Here, we’re transplanting ‘Gulag Stars’, a fascinatingly diverse, inter-specific ‘B. napus’ x ‘B. rapa’ population (think ‘saladier kales’ or ‘kalier salads’) and a mainstay for us in CA and OR. #ppcAgProject