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Common Wealth Seed Growers

Discover more about locally produced seeds for your garden.

Aired 08/30/2022 | Rating TV-G

Virginia Home Grown

Common Wealth Seed Growers

Clip: Season 22 Episode 6 | 7m 31sVideo has Closed Captions

Discover more about locally produced seeds for your garden.

Host Peggy Singlemann talks to Edmund Frost about his work to breed regionally adapted squash and cucumbers that are resistant to downy mildew at Common Wealth Seed Growers in Louisa County. Featured on VHG episode 2206; August 2022.

Aired 08/30/2022 | Rating TV-G

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