• Subject: RE: HYB: Sibling crosses was trying to learn some genetics terminology
• From: &* E* <f*@q.com>
• Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:15:28 -0700

I have been reading all these scientific hybridizing messages and find them
challenging.  I know many people do sibling crosses successfully.  My big
question is why do mine all either fail to germinate or die before they
reach bloom size.  I have tried several times and had never had one from a
sibling cross bloom.  I have no trouble getting very vigorous seedlings from
unrelated crosses.
Francelle Edwards

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Linda
Mann
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 11:04 AM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: trying to learn some genetics terminology

Is the 'usual' approach to any kind of breeding program a lot of line
breeding, followed by outcrosses between inbred lines?

Certainly not what I've been doing.  And wasn't planning to.

Closest I'm coming is some backcrosses, parent X F1.

Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7

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