green
on 2/19/03 7:37 AM, Scott Dixon at sdixon@epicrx.com wrote:
> "He had a tremendous squash and pumpkin on the same plant. True that both were
> pale, but when they're growing on the same plant, they should have the same
> genetics, right?"
>
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There are some puzzling color problems that seem to deal with light
intensity. I grew the 961 Daletas which is the 611*sq. hester x a 846calai
it grew a beautiful orange pumpkin. Upon harvest I decided to display it
sitting on its blossom end the back or the bottom when growing, was a cream
yellow never had seen the daylight. 2 weeks later the whole back was a dark
green. WOW!
At this point in time all we can do is make assumptions. Is the green gene
recessive--we don't know all we know is greenies seem to appear more
frequently after a pumpkin is selfed ...many times we are wrong with our
assumptions.
Although we know how genetics work in humans and its seems to help us
understand ideas, its hard to make the assumption that the same ideas are
true in the plant world. You can't self humans.
The 611 hester was two green parents crossed yet produced many orange. You
would have to weed out the orange and self-- then weed out,-- self the
green --- weed and self for a few generations till you would get pure
breeding green . .... That is doable.....MB
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