How New Vegetable Varieties Become All-America Selection Winners

Diane Blazek, Executive Director of All-America Selections shares how new vegetable varieties become All-America Selection Winners and what it means for the gardener on this episode of The Vegetable Gardening Show with Mike Podlesny.

https://youtu.be/301GmeZRbS8

Here’s what was cover in this episode of the Vegetable Gardening Show

  • – When did AAS begin and what do they do
  • – How does a variety become an AAS winner
  • – What happens to the varieties that do not win
  • – Can breeders enter the same variety more than once
  • – How does someone become an AAS judge
  • – The 4 trials of the AAS
  • – Trends in the gardening industry with edibles

 

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