Dear Christoph,
thanks for your Draft
I think we should not talk about "gardeners" if they are not directly concerned by patent on vegetables.
I mean in France (and in Germany, I just checked it) : patent have no effect if you grow your own vegeables for your private needs
It could be counter productive for all of us if we think we could not use or multiplicate our vegetables/seeds when we actually have the right to do so. When we have a right it is better to use it and not to ignore it.
Patent Gesetz
§ 11 Die Wirkung des Patents erstreckt sich nicht auf1. Handlungen, die im privaten Bereich zu nichtgewerblichen Zwecken vorgenommen werden;
thank you,