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Post by ottawagardener on Apr 5, 2014 8:04:21 GMT -5
For those of you curious about my Red Rock Mammoth x San Michel cross. I took cuttings of the f1s and rooted them inside as an insurance policy against winterkill. Though I was vernalizing them with the intension of replanting outside, they only had a couple days of cool before it got too cold so they were back inside. They flowered anyhow INSIDE. I suspect that either fall temps had already done the vernalizing or some other mechanism was at play. Anyhow, I had a tray full of flowering cabbages and nary a bee in sight. I started to cross pollinate and now I have nicely swelling pods with f2s inside!
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Post by oxbowfarm on Apr 6, 2014 6:29:02 GMT -5
I saw your fb posts about it. What are you going to select for in the F2 population?
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 6, 2014 19:09:43 GMT -5
Ottawa, today I was transplanting your Mammoth Michele Cross. EVERY seed germinated. I had 100% germ with your seed. Which annoyed Leo to no end as I had put 2 seeds to a cell in the flat.
Oh he hates that! Good job woman.
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 10, 2014 10:34:17 GMT -5
Glad to hear it! How did they do?
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 10, 2014 10:34:59 GMT -5
In the f2s, I'm looking for maintenance of the green intervein, red vein characteristic, vigour and winter hardiness and possibly resistance to heat rot.
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