Gardening Gene
Last post 10-07-2009 1:48 PM by RogerBee. 3 replies.
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09/07/2009 09:42 PM
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- BB
- Hereford
- 12 May 2009
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I know this may sound strange - but does anyone agree with me and think that the love of gardening can be passed on through the genes. All of my family seem to just love it - and both my brother and sister , like me, garden for pleasure and practically to feed themselves and their family and we have all come to it at different points in our lives and yet, though we now live miles apart, are remarkably similar in our methods and practice. Yes - our parents gardened but we none of us as children really took much notice apart from eating the produce and anyway virtually everyone gardened in those days. My OH's family on the other hand have no interest in it at all. He is one of 7 and all 7 are totally apathetic towards the subject. I may be being very simplistic but could it be in the genes?
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10/07/2009 09:38 AM
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To test this scientifically I think you would have to find identical twins separated early in life and brought up with gardening and non-gardening families and measure their propensity to garden. Good luck.
Boggy
Beware the bat-eared bogweevil
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10/07/2009 12:41 PM
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- chriss
- iwuk
- 06 May 2009
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Interesting theory. I helped my dad in the garden in my younger years. Now I am teaching my granddaughter, who is only seven, to grow seeds and take cuttings. She loves the plants and now has a patch in her own garden that she waters every day. Not sure if it's genetic or not though. You'd have to ask a scientist to prove or disprove your theory.
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10/07/2009 01:48 PM
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- RogerBee
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- 14 Jan 2009
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Both my parents and g/parents were keen gardeners so maybe it's genetic, or maybe it's social engineering - i.e. because I grew up amongst other people who gardened, I have carried on 'the tradition'.
This doesn't preclude people who haven't grown up amongst gardeners taking it up, like many people take up a sport they have never tried before. Nor does it stop people saying ' that looks like hard work., I'm not going to do that!'
Whichever it is, I enjoy it and fully intend to carry on gardening for as long as I possibly can.
Give it a go - it might just work!
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