Re: HYB: If you could ignore hybridizing barriers...(q

Bob, could you elaborate on this a bit?

When you say 'two' generations, do you mean go to the F3?  Or just F1 &
F2?

If you mean interspecies crosses, what do you suggest trying to cross
the children with?  Each other?  One of the parents? A relative of the
parents?

I'm thinking of the I. pallida X various "modern" TB crosses I made.
Have discarded most of them, now that I'm having so much fun with the
current mess of more modern stuff, but am still working with a few of
the descendants of the first seedling (S1, of course <g>) I. pallida X
MULBERRY ROSE.

Never had any luck with intentional crosses with S1, but it does set bee
pods fairly regularly.  Bee babies either look much like S1 or are
totally different.

One superhealthy bee baby (S1bwh) has been mostly uncooperative, but
finally have seeds from it X SEAKIST, one seedling up in the last few
days.

Another (S1bpk) puts up stalks approaching 5 ft, corkscrewing around - a
bit scary looking monstrosity - a few seedlings up from it X TRANS
ORANGE.

<...Remember to always go two
                   generations no matter what the first looks like
before
                   even assessing the potential. ...>

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