RE: re:re: HYB: genetics questions....
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: re:re: HYB: genetics questions....
  • From: &* S* <s*@familyszabo.com>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:21:29 -0400
"How do you tell your boss, 'Ummm, It's sunny and dry for a change,  I'm
pollinating flowers today, I won't be in, sorry.'"

How about, "With all the pollen in the air, I seem to have a severe case of
hay fever today."? Be sure to add the necessary huskiness and sniffling to
your voice.

\\Steve//


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From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of mahlberg
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Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 5:52 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] re:re: HYB: genetics questions....

Thanks for the info.

I generally, as a rule, get rid of the 'inferior plants'.
Being only a handful of years into hybridizing, I haven't experienced too
many
generations of seedlings yet either.
 However, last year I kept one of the 'runty' f1 and backcrossed it to
grandparent stock just to see what kind of seedlings I'll get.
I'm expecting to get more small, ''run of the mill'' purples like the f1.
Time
will tell a season or two down the line :)
But to relieve curiosity and satisfy my hopes of finding or not refinding
grandparents genetic material, I made the backcross to one of the
grandparents
stock, both directions,  and have a few survivng seedlings from last year.
And
to oversimplify genetics, gave the f2 a 'double dose?' of grandparents
genes.
Don't know if the pods set this year on grandma plant or not, as I made the
cross only a couple of days ago.
I've noticed, as well, that over the years backcrossing was done more many
generations ago, but not so much more recently. But there's also a lot more
to
choose from now as opposed to 60 or 70 years ago. I don't recall right off
without looking it up, but maybe it was in one of  the Sass lines that were
backcrossed a lot...
Of course, this isn't my main focus on hybridizing, simply a curiosity
regarding a bit about genetics and inheritance in irises. I'm likely to
discover the pointless time waste of backcrossing inferior plants. But
there's
a little room in the garden for another baby...

thanks for all the input and advice.

more seedlings to flower coming this year in a few more days!
If it stops raining I can pollinate some, otherwise I may have to call in
sick.

How do you tell your boss, "Ummm, It's sunny and dry for a change,  I'm
pollinating flowers today, I won't be in, sorry."
;)

steve m. zone 4b

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