Re: Best all time genetic characteristics

MM,

This is a great question.  And think most will exclaim with the one that
grew their best fruit. But mine is not that.  846calai for me was the best
at resisting disease and  my experience of the fruit was the best
structural.  MB












on 2/8/04 4:00 PM, Marc Sawtelle at clarion500@earthlink.net wrote:

> I'm looking for other growers can share any information about their own all
> time favorite 
> plant {s}. Everyone knows what the hot seeds are to try to obtain, but lost in
> all the good 
> stories are the plants which had some adverse environmental obstacle to deal
> with. Weather
> is usually the culprit, but soil problems, over applications of this or that,
> vandals, and 
> other problems have hampered everyone over the years somehow.
> 
> Any information is helpful, mainly what seed you would look back on, and
> remember distinctly
> how impressive it was to grow. My own story is on the 810 Dill. It didn't
> start out like my best
> genetic ever, but July 18th hail pounded and wiped all my plants out, right
> down to the stems
> {even caved in my hail screen}. All fruit sets soon aborted, and I almost
> tilled everything under.
> I figured it was better to try to get something salvaged from the season by
> trying to re- grow sides
> and teritaries out, and setting fruits to maybe get seeds and a few small
> fruits to display. The tip
> of my main plant was luckily shaded and protected on the 810's next female
> flower, as we had yet
> another hot dry summer, and about a week after the hail it opened and was
> selfed. I was lucky to
> get most plants back in gear in about 3 weeks to the size they were before the
> storm, but didn't
> know we would have the same frost and freeze problems everyone else had in the
> middle of 
> September, so my days were really numbered. Most of my plants still grew 300
> to 400 pounders, 
> which is pretty good under those circumstances.The 810, however, did much
> more, as it reached
> 666.6 {yeah, maybe it was a sign of something... LOL}, in that short time.
> That plant will be
> remembered as one of my best plants, if not the best ever.
> 
> Looking on the AGGC, you might not ever realize how good of a plant that was
> unless you read 
> this post. I would appreciate your own short story of the best plant you have
> grown over the years,
> as everyone can look back over the years and remember one that exhibited
> amazing characteristics
> from one or two plants. If you have been lucky, your best plant isn't
> remembered as one of those
> "what if/ would have/ could have/ should have" plants, but either way, it
> might help others who
> are trying to  determine what to grow in 2004. If you rather send a personal e
> mail with your info,
> please do so by all means, or just post what info you have to share on this
> subject. Any and all
> information will be most appreciated!!! Thanks...
> 
> 
> Marc Sawtelle
> clarion500@earthlink.net
> 
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