RE: self pollinate
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: self pollinate
- From: M* C*
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:19:19 -0700
Maybe, why do you want to know? As far as the resulting fruit for this
year, no difference. As for the seeds that fruit produces, definitely.
Inbreeding can result in weak and inferior genetic lines, or accentuate
positive traits of a genetic line. It's a real crapshoot. More often than
not I believe it results in inferior genetics. The problem with inbreeding
for superior traits is that when you make a cross like that most of the
seeds resulting will probably produce inferior plants. Less vigor, less
disease resistance, etc. A very few of them could produce superior plants,
increased vigor good disease resistance larger fruit, etc. When you get
seeds from an inbred line like this you never know what you have until you
plant it. Of course the same things can occur with an outcross, however the
likelihood of accentuating the negative traits of any given genetic line
increases with inbreeding. My opinion, if you are going to inbreed do it
with a superior genetic line.
Check the archives, this has been gone over many times in the past, read
what you find there and form your own opinion.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Pumpkin Master [SMTP:thepumpkinmaster@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 7:17 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: self pollinate
>
> Is there a real difference between pollinating a plant with it's own
> pollen and that of cross pollinating between two different plants?
>
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