sterile plants for a sterile girl

I think it's interesting that plants can be sterile. I actually think it's pretty lame. I had heard of this but it wasn't till I had my own garden did I realize what this means.

I used dirt from my compost to fill my garden. I planted many things as you can see in my jan post. However not many of those seeds sprouted and instead seeds from my compost decided to volunteer themselves for my serendipitous garden. I didn't realize that carrots weren't growing until my good friend told me I had a tomato plant and that my hollyhocks that weren't standing up were actually some sort of squash. After she told me the fun news of visitors in the garden I started looking closer. I had probably 10 blooms from what I think is a zucchini plant and still no fruit. It's obviously is a hearty plant as it has taken over half of my garden but with no reproductive skills. This part was probably bred out of it while trying to make a sweeter more delicate skinned vegetable.

I thought about ripping it out and putting in something that would actually give me something for my salad, but I had this moment of bonding with the plant as I recognized we had a lot in common. Just because this plant can't reproduce doesn't mean it can't provide shade for other plants from the Sonoran sun.

The point of this entry is that genetically engineered plants have a hard time replicating themselves, but at the same time genetically modified foods have made oranges sweeter,bananas bigger, and corn to grow faster, just know that what you see might not be what you get.