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I am needing to know when it will be ok to place my tomato plants in the garden. I have just purchased them and I'm afraid it's too late to safely get them into the garden. A friend told me that farmers almanac said not to plant anything this weekend in my area. Lexington NC
Plant the tomatoes ASAP; position them in the garden where they get full sun in the morning and some shade in the afternoon. You should be fine.
I am not sure if the person who wrote this article is trying to be intentionally misleading or just isn't up on what is going on. Hiding behind GMO is a good idea if you're trying to fool people because Monsanto and others like them use GMO when they should legally have to use GEO - genetically 'engineered' organism. I question the authors motives in this article.
Hiding behind the GMO acronym is EXACTLY what some bio-engineering companies are doing; trying to mislead the consumer to the benefit of their own bottom line. The more we use the correct terminology and understand the science, the more informed decisions we can make. Start a conversation, get out the information. Try and correct those use misuse the terms. Most people mean genetic engineering when they use the terms genetic modification.
Unless you did this, then you did not make a GMO plant in your garden.
Excellent animation by PBS to illustrate how a GMO crop is made: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/engineer/transgen.html
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