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Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by kwhitefoot on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:29PM (#40494922)
How many of them survived more than a year?
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Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by bagels on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:21PM (#40495311)
Many of them. Do you have information about it that the rest of us don't?

"Fifty million trees planted- the government said in 2014- with a success rate of 61% compared to the average European planting success rate of 35%."

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Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by kwhitefoot on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @04:34PM (#40505332)
> Do you have information about it that the rest of us don't?

No, that's why I asked. I was aware of the less than perfect record elsewhere wondered if they had done better.

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Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by woleium on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:37PM (#40494987)
i imagine most of them, Macedonia is not such a dangerous place to live. /s
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