Re: HYB: Who's the daddy?
- Subject: Re: HYB: Who's the daddy?
- From: L* M*
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:56:52 -0400
<The seedlings should be distinct IF each one "takes" in its own
channel. I don't have the space to waste 3 years finding out. John
Reeds, 9b southern California >
Sometimes, if I have few receptive flowers and little decent pollen &
would like either cross (may the best man win!), I will put mixed pollen
to increase the odds of at least getting something. This year, most of
the mixes were siblings, so I won't be able to sort out which were the
fathers (tho all the grandparents will be known).
However, last year, I put a mix of pollen from INTO THE NIGHT and a
peach 'umbrata' that might be PEACH SPOT or CORAL BEAUTY or something
similar (see last year's photo) onto one bloom and have seedlings
growing like mad, so there's a chance I will be able to tell if they all
came from one or both daddys. I haven't looked at INTO THE NIGHT's
ancestry lately, but seems like I recall it was dark quite a ways back;
similarly, I think those peachy 'umbratas' are yellow/cream/pink most of
the way back EXCEPT where they originate the white top with WINE & ROSES
or WHOLE CLOTH. Seems like I remember W&R is a recessive amoena (?) and
WHOLE CLOTH is dominant, which might add another marker...
Check back in another 2 or 3 years - we'll all still be here, won't we?
<g>
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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