Re: hybridizing question
- Subject: Re: [IGSROBIN] hybridizing question
- From: m* g*
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:05:59 -0700
From my limited experience with hybridizing zonals (dwarf and miniature)
"most" are not necessarily sterile; however you just have to find out for
yourself which ones are and aren't. If a cultivar makes seedpods i.e. is
self-fertile, then obviously you can use it as pollen or female parent. I
don't know of any list of suitable parents to use for breeding. It's catch
as catch can. Part of the adventure of hybridizing.
But I think all the species are cross-fertile. Somebody correct me if I'm
wrong.
Maria Guzman
>Hello everyone :) I had had to drop off the list due to a computer problem,
>but I am back online and have what may seem to be a naive question. I have
>not looked into hybridizing of zonal pelargoniums too extensively, but I
>thought I had read that most are sterile? I have some from seed that are
>F1s and wonder if anyone can straighten me out a bit on which zonals might
>be sterile, and which might not be, for example if I have to purchase stock
>plants specifically to hybridize. Thanks. :)
> Laurie
>
> Laurie A.E. O'Meara
> Artist and Horticulturist
> Cape Cod, USA Zone 7
> http://www.LAEOM.com
