Re: some more questions

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From: "Jim Murphy" <murphy@cstone.net>

>  I would like to try some of the JI/SI crosses this year. Any hints or
tricks to
> making it so? I do have frozen pollen to use. Have you tried tets? Thanks,
Jim.

Hi Jim,

I stick with dips on all of my wide crosses if only to prove that fertile
diploid species-Xs are possible. (The newest are the Siberian-setosa groups.
Fertile and promising to be interesting!)

Lee Walker has gotten seeds and/or seedlings from tet JI-SIB crosses. And
there was mention of Dean Cole getting seeds from diploid SIB X JI.

Hints: Cram as much pollen onto prematurely opened blooms as possible and
re-pollinate a day later to increase the odds of getting seeds. Keep both
pod and pollen parent in great shape for greater likelihood F1 seedlings
will look hybrid. The trade off is less fertility but you won't wind up with
the arguments I've had. ;-/

Christy



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