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Post by mayz on Aug 24, 2012 6:27:22 GMT -5
In the aim to obtain a warty banana squash I have crossed pink jumbo banana (PJB) with galeux d'Eysines (Eysines is a french city near Bordeaux) and blue banana (BB) with Galeux d'Eysines (GE) in 2009
I grown the F1 plants of PJBxGE in 2010. After hand-pollination I collected the seeds during autumn.
During 2011 I grown 15 F2 PJBxGE without success concerning the emergence of a warty banana squash.
This year I grow 37 plants of F2PJBxGE. 10 plants have banana ovaries and 27 have spherical ovaries. Hand pollination was performed on 6 banana fruits and 2 ones have been open-pollinated
Actually only one fruit show warts but 4 fruits are too immature to have warts. So I'm always waiting for a good news
until now I didn't yet work with the BBxPJB F1 seeds
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Post by templeton on Aug 26, 2012 3:57:26 GMT -5
A fun project, or is there something about warty skin that has horticultural benefit?
T
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Post by steev on Aug 27, 2012 1:48:09 GMT -5
Exactly; what's the point?
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Post by mayz on Aug 28, 2012 4:11:42 GMT -5
Shapes and appearances of squash are very various, of course
Just to have a warty banana shaped squash that tastes like Galeux d'Eysines. But I guess some back crosses with GE will be necessary for this project.
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Post by templeton on Aug 28, 2012 4:24:41 GMT -5
...and why not? Go for it Mayz, good luck  T |
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Post by mayz on Aug 28, 2012 4:28:16 GMT -5
Thanks T and good luck with your purple peas
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Post by mayz on Oct 2, 2012 6:51:20 GMT -5
Harvest of F2 squash from Pink Jumbo Banana x Galeux d'Eysines Attachments:
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Post by oxbowfarm on Oct 2, 2012 8:44:49 GMT -5
Awesome picture mayz. I'm starting to think that F2 squash crosses are just about the most fun thing to play with in amateur plant breeding.
I'm making a solemn vow to always have a big row of some kind of F2 squash going, just to watch the crazy recombinations of color, shape and size. How many different plants are represented in this picture?
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Post by ottawagardener on Oct 2, 2012 9:07:40 GMT -5
Nice. I love the variations around the parents.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 2, 2012 23:08:41 GMT -5
Good work Mayz!
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Post by mayz on Oct 3, 2012 5:50:51 GMT -5
Awesome picture mayz. I'm starting to think that F2 squash crosses are just about the most fun thing to play with in amateur plant breeding. I agree F2 squash growing is very gratifying and gives great fun I'm making a solemn vow to always have a big row of some kind of F2 squash going, just to watch the crazy recombinations of color, shape and size. How many different plants are represented in this picture? 20 vines grown on only 20m2 so only one fruit per vine. |
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Post by cortona on Oct 4, 2012 13:43:49 GMT -5
greath result! i really love the shape of this fruits, i hope some retain the good conservation ability of jpb and not the poor one from the galeaux!
let us informed about flavor!
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Post by mayz on Aug 27, 2014 2:35:40 GMT -5
at last harvested a first early warty banana on 15 august after 4 years of crossing, sowing and culling... coming from a F3 seed |
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Post by flowerweaver on Aug 27, 2014 9:56:25 GMT -5
mayz That's awesome! Two of my favorite squashes combined. Galeux d'Eysines has always done well for us. I look forward to seeing how the project progresses!
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Post by raymondo on Aug 27, 2014 16:41:07 GMT -5
Almost handsome. Well-done mayz. |
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