Patented plants

CLScott Calgary, Canada May 24, 2013

I just added double bacopa to a planter.
I read the tag, and it is patented with propagation prohibited.
So now when I go to buy plants-----if they are patented and prohibit
propagation-----I will NOT buy them.

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Zen_Man Ottawa, KS(Zone 5b) May 24, 2013

That is your prerogative, but most of the best plants are patented. I doubt that the Canadian Mounties would come after you if you were just taking a few cuttings for yourself. The patents are meant to prohibit mass propagation for commercial purposes unless you pay for a license.

Developing these superior new varieties costs money, and the patent laws make it feasible for the big companies to invest the money needed to produce the new varieties. Without the plant patent laws, we wouldn't have most of the roses, calibrachoas, petunias, apples, you name it, that we have today.

ZM

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CLScott Calgary, Canada May 24, 2013

Our Mounties are too busy chasing after Saskatchewan farmers for Monsanto.
They do not have time to chase Grannies who do cuttings.

Before there was all these large multi national seed and agri business:
all the new varieties came from ordinary gardeners and farmers,
who shared the seeds without a need for royalties from patents.

We should go back to that era of seed swapping!

Most of the better varieties are NOT deveoped by the big companies-----they just buy out some little guy!

Let's hear a round of applause for the small seed producers who preserve the biodiversity of plants!!!

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