OSU Broccoli Grex

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Hello,

I have some seed from the OSU Broccoli Grex (Oregon State University) that was shared with me by Nick Routledge of Agrarian Sharing Network, in order to distribute to local farmers/growers who want to select and adapt it to our region.

After distributing what I could, I am still left with a fair amount of seed. I am looking for some growers who would be interested in stewarding the variety for diversity as well as adapting to their region.

This grex is available by our friends at Siskiyou Seeds, but it doesn’t seem widely available beyond their catalog.

I’m hoping to share it with someone who will grow it in enough scale to maintain a high level of diversity for others to benefit from its diversity, and/or adapt it to their local region.

I’m told by a local grower who grew it for a season that it was all over the place with regard to flowering time, growth habit, etc.

I have enough seed to share a large packet with several folks. I’d also be happy to share some with the G2S mix if there is still more left, but I’d love to see the seed get into the hands of people that want to do it justice to steward it long term.

Thanks!

Noel

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I’ve been working with this material from Nick for the last several years, adapting it to my local climate; my climate is too extreme and my space too small to preserve all the diversity, though I’m trying to keep fairly large numbers of plants in each generation.

I’d be happy to help with any future plans to conserve the material. I’ve been sending some of my seeds back to Nick each year, so that it can flow back into the main population; maybe different growers working with it could all co-ordinate that?

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Malcom, thats awesome that you are already working with Nick with the OSU broccoli grex. And thanks for sharing your perspective and idea. It’s even better than what I was suggesting.

Yes, if other growers want to facilitate adapting the grex in smaller quantities and flowing seed back to Nick or amongst each other, I think that would be fantastic, and I’d be happy to distribute the seed I have.

Who’s up for it?