Plantinyum I see you question if these could become A pest ?
If your up to it you could leave a few to see how they reseed or produce ?
What are your thoughts on that?
I too would love to try to determine what may be invasive responsibly (netting fruit running trials)
Maybe not by my own desires (of what others might do)
I do not have the land in this point in life .
(I know some native plants can be aggressive in t the native climate
If I ever sell plants in a Nursery or even just have would like to let people know of the aggressive behavior - -
for instance native elderberry can spread -- would like to inform the people -- that is if I ever do sell )
(edit oh, and educate myself with the arboretums testing plants as well (Morten arboretum is close to me. in Chicago land. )
I have destroyed a few invasive plants species , and also plan to warn others.
Very interestung! Most annual plants that can't survive freezing temperatures have seeds that will survive being frozen as long as they are completely dry. I know someone who stores all their garden seeds in the freezer--yes even beans and other tender plants like luffa. They even stored sugar apple seeds that way. I was shocked when those same sugar apple seeds sprouted after 6 months or more in the freezer! I don't have the nerve to pull stuff like that. With my luck I would stick them in there before they were completely dry and kill everything.
The had some giant seed bank in sweden or norway where they had millions of seeds stored frozen. It was supposed to be the Noahs ark of seeds in case there was a major catastrophy and the world needed to replant. Something happened with it and it flooded or something. Would have to go check what went wrong. But the point is they were freezing the seeds which makes them last much longer.
That is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is on an island in Norway.
There was a higher amount of water than expected that got into the vault in 2016 but the seeds were not damaged. It spooked authorities enough that they did some re-designing.
It holds something like a million different crops. Pretty cool!
Too bad most of my favorites are recalcitrant, and can't be represented there...
Carolyn
Just Checking the forum
They can also do cryogenic preservation of buds
One tree a year may cost $75 to $100 bucks a Year
Frozen buds in Nitrogen a year cost $1 buck
(see part of post below)
I just saw how they can do this for apples
(copied from article)
(cryogenic process )
https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/geneva-ny/plant-genetic-resources-unit-pgru/docs/about-pgru/clonal-propagated-crops/cryopreservation-process/(article)
https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/geneva-ny/plant-genetic-resources-unit-pgru/docs/about-pgru/clonal-propagated-crops/here are typically two clones maintained for each accession in the Unit’s vineyard and orchard. Due to a large number of accessions housed, maintenance costs are very high.
In fact, it costs $75 to $100 each year to maintain each whole tree or vine in the field, but only about $1 to preserve it cryogenically. This, coupled with the collection’s vulnerability to insect pests, diseases, and natural disasters, suggests that it is no longer prudent and cost effective to maintain the entire genetic diversity of these crops as whole plants.