I read your other comments, I understand why you are using it. Kudos for first trying to avoid pesticide, and then looking for the least harmful pesticide!

I tend to be a bit ideological at first sometimes with gardening, but at the end of the day you have to be pragmatic.

This is BigSeed propaganda for sure 😂

Store bought hybrid seeds will either be sterile or make bad plants (here they are always labeled “F1” on the bag), and I don’t know for GMO seeds, as they are forbidden in my country. But all other seeds should be viable for reproduction in theory.

I’ve made some of my own seeds, adding new species to my collection each year. I’ve had easy successes with some species (tomatoes, cucurbitaceae, brassicaceae, most flowers), but no luck with others. I suggest you try and learn what works.

For whatever reason, cross pollination does not seem to be a problem after a few years. I guess it will eventually become one with time if I keep having multiple varieties of the same species. Again, try and learn.

As for storage, I put my seeds in little origami bags made of newspaper, and keep that inside at room temperature. It might not be ideal for conservation but it’s easy and works well enough.

I don’t know the specific of your situation, but I would argue against using neem oil preventatively because it repulse pests but also beneficial insects, which weakens the resilience of your plants’ environment, making them vulnerable to pests.

That beeing said, yes, rain washes away neem oil. I think direct sunlight should not be a problem if your plant have enough leaves.

Pedantic dude here : I am sorry but the meme is inaccurate. While it is true that André Béguin was a nazi, and also that Wauwilermoos was an absolute nightmare, treatment was not (so) different for allied and axis POW.

POW from both sides were getting warm bath and full meals in the Swiss hotels, so that Switzerland could then send the bill to concerned countries. Only the POW who tried to escape Switzerland and were caught were sent to one of the three internment camps. The goal for Switzerland was really to make other countries pay, to compensate for the loss of the tourism industry.

Those internment camps, especially Wauwilermoos are a shame for the country, but for once Switzerland was indeed neutral.

Any reason why Romans mirrored some letters ?

I received a formal warning for leaning back on my chair (didn’t get fired though)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests

Random machines replacing random machines

It’s the autolyse method, see this : https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2017/09/29/using-the-autolyse-method