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Post by philagardener on Mar 26, 2014 19:55:59 GMT -5
I had O'Henry produce 1-2 blossoms in a good sized patch at the end of last summer but no capsule development. At least it can bloom.
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Post by kevin8715 on Mar 26, 2014 20:16:04 GMT -5
Last year, grew 5 varieties. Only O'Henry failed to produce blossoms. Beauregard and Georgia Jet had quite a few followed by Centennial and Covington. I went so far as hand-pollinate some blossoms and never saw a single seed. That seems to be an indication of why there are so few varieties available. Martin What specific crosses did you try that didn't work? From the paper read many are cross incompatible based on one set of genes. It would be nice to know what doesn't work and keep that info on here for other people to use. |
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 5, 2014 20:55:37 GMT -5
+1 I'll try grafting it on Ipomoea tricolor. I read an article once that said it tends to induce flowering the best compared to other species in Ipomoea genus. Seeds are largely available in stores everywhere here. Do you have the link to the article? I bought some seed today since it was buy one get one free. I can see the logic in this, similar to grafting potato on a tomato rootstock. |
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Post by kevin8715 on May 4, 2014 21:54:26 GMT -5
Update, I bought variety Molokai, a purple Hawaiian sweet potato, plant at my local nursery. They also had okinawa purple sweet potato which I might get. Purple ones tend to be way longer season but I want some purpleness in the project.
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Post by flowerweaver on May 5, 2014 7:00:45 GMT -5
I bought some Okinawan Purple at the market and am attempting to sprout them. Hope they haven't been sprayed with an inhibitor, too soon to tell.
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Post by steev on May 7, 2014 20:32:25 GMT -5
Potted up starts of Sweet, which were vigorously growing, of course, that being the least desirable (white-fleshed); Beauregard and Garnet are perking up, but both equally slower than Sweet. It may be unimportant that Sweet is white, given the quantities of winter squash I get.
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Post by paquebot on May 7, 2014 21:18:45 GMT -5
I didn't try making crosses. I only pollinated blossoms of same variety. With lack of seed production, looks like there's some other factor involved or special process required. I'll have Beauregard, Georgia Jet, and O'Henry to play with this year.
Martin
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Post by kevin8715 on May 8, 2014 21:08:57 GMT -5
I didn't try making crosses. I only pollinated blossoms of same variety. With lack of seed production, looks like there's some other factor involved or special process required. I'll have Beauregard, Georgia Jet, and O'Henry to play with this year. Martin Self incompatibility was the problem. |
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Post by rhizowen on May 14, 2014 10:31:53 GMT -5
I tried sweetpotatoes from seed in Cornwall, UK. High altitude ones from New Guinea. This coincided with some pretty dreadful summers, but I there's a long way to go before we have varieties that actually thrive in our cool summer climate, even in a decent year. My results are here: radix4roots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/kaukau-v-cornwall-results.html |
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Post by raymondo on May 14, 2014 17:05:48 GMT -5
A fascinating project rhizowen. Hexaploid! Quite a lot of diversity in each seed generation. Plenty to pique a gardener's interest.
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Post by homegrower on May 15, 2014 1:15:14 GMT -5
I'm interested.
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Post by kevin8715 on May 15, 2014 21:33:45 GMT -5
I tried sweetpotatoes from seed in Cornwall, UK. High altitude ones from New Guinea. This coincided with some pretty dreadful summers, but I there's a long way to go before we have varieties that actually thrive in our cool summer climate, even in a decent year. My results are here: radix4roots.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/kaukau-v-cornwall-results.htmlWhat is the source for your seeds? I want to try some here to add to the sweet potato landrace I will create for Northerners, |
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Post by steev on May 17, 2014 1:38:05 GMT -5
Potted slips of Beauregard and Garnet, today; given suggestions of potential self-incompatibility; I'll interplant them with Sweet; I'll watch for seed.
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Post by notonari on May 20, 2014 2:44:39 GMT -5
I would be interested in participating in this if you have some seeds left and can send to Sweden. I grew some store-bought sweet potato varieties here last year on a plastic mulch and some produced fairly well, I'm regrowing the best ones this year. I'm eager to get my hands on some short-season varieties, and helping to breed some sounds even better!
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Post by samyaza on Jun 11, 2014 6:07:26 GMT -5
+1 I'll try grafting it on Ipomoea tricolor. I read an article once that said it tends to induce flowering the best compared to other species in Ipomoea genus. Seeds are largely available in stores everywhere here. Do you have the link to the article? I bought some seed today since it was buy one get one free. I can see the logic in this, similar to grafting potato on a tomato rootstock. And then one day the guy answered : ucanr.edu/repository/view.cfm?article=71853%20&groupid=1Better be late than never ! |
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