RE: Floating seeds
- To: "'Mike Stephenson'" <m*@beaconmortgage.com>, Bill Verchère <b*@island.net>, Pumpkin Newsgroup <p*@athenet.net>
- Subject: RE: Floating seeds
- From: "* C* <c*@chmc.org>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:58:04 -0800
Ditto for rose seeds. Anyone starting to see a trend? Also with all
this talk of hybrid vigor and genetic selection, do we know the number
of chromosones and ploidy of c. maxima? Just curious.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Stephenson [SMTP:mike@beaconmortgage.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 1997 9:54 PM
> To: Bill Verchère; Pumpkin Newsgroup
> Subject: Re: Floating seeds
>
>
>
> >about half floated and the rest sank.
> >
> >Hmm - Is there some significance in this important discovery?
>
> Experience with seeds from lotus and many aquatics is that the
> floaters
> are not viable and the sinkers are good.
>
> If this applies to pumpkins I can't say, but I am sure you can guess
> where I would put my bet.
>
> Mike in Oregon
