Keep 'Em Separated

Rachel Klar & Mairav Linzer asked (on our Facebook page): Is a person allowed to buy an already planted orchard of hybrid fruit?"

I think (I had to double check with my chavruta) that it depends what kind of כלאים is the concern.  For regular hybrid crops, כלאי זרעים, the prohibition is just to plant them so that would be OK.  If one of the crops is a vine of grapes, כלאי הכרם, then there is an איסור הנאה that would also likely prohibit maintaining the hybrid.

Thanks for asking this question - not typical for our blog at all!