Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
Hey everybody ,
Last grow Crispi happend to find about 15 male flowers on 1 of 3 Feminised Blueberry plants . Once male flowers were almost popin open we used a q-tip and pollenated a few female flowers & marked them w/ bag ties . All plants being feminised , i took pollen from the 1 plant that was hermie and pollenated a dif. plant that wasn't showing hermie traits .
1- Will these new seeds also be feminised ?
2- Will the new offspring tend to wanna be hermies ?
3- Did i lessen the chances of hermies by pollenating a dif. plant verses the 1 that act. produced the male flowers to begin w/ .
4- Are these new seeds known as F2's ?
Thanks ahead for all answers -n- help .
Peace all
The Crispis' :jointsmile:
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
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Originally Posted by xcrispi
Last grow Crispi happend to find about 15 male flowers on 1 of 3 Feminised Blueberry plants . :
Ooooh there is the EXACT reason that feminized beans scare me shitless.
You don't really know for sure what the deal is with the breeding stock...
did they herm naturally? (shudder)
Did the breeder use chemicals or light cycle?
How much stress did the plants have to be exposed to before they went hermi?
That last Q is the most important IMHO. That propensity to herm is a heritable trait.
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Originally Posted by xcrispi
1- Will these new seeds also be feminised ?:
Yes
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Originally Posted by xcrispi
2- Will the new offspring tend to wanna be hermies ? :
Yes... sorry...
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Originally Posted by xcrispi
3- Did i lessen the chances of hermies by pollenating a dif. plant verses the 1 that act. produced the male flowers to begin w/ . :
I think that is a good Q. I am going to have to say that it is possible... you took pollen from a donor that went herm very easily, and applied it to a female that resisted the stress better, so depending on how the genes all shake out, you could have a better resistance against herming under stress in the offspring as compared to the 'she-male', or worse than the female... you'll just have to test them!!! :D But if it were me, I'd ONLY grow those seeds that you got off the non-hermed female, just so there's a better chance they will be 'normal'.
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Originally Posted by xcrispi
4- Are these new seeds known as F2's ?
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Wow I don't know... Let's see... if blueberry is a f1 hybrid (don't know) and you crossed a female and a male, you'd get F2s. Now, since you are working with selfed plants, and fem beans to begin with... er.... I have no clue! :D
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
Hey Stinky ,
The beans came from D/P in an unopend breeders pk. i have no clue how they produce them . The 1 plant herm'd nat. i think ? This was about the most stress free grow i've done in hydro yet . After giving those ppl. 144.00 for 10 beans . I figured it'd be kinda stupid not to try to take advantage of the situation . I myself won't be trying to use them in the near future you know that . lol . But the new offspring are up and going for others already here on site . I was curious what to expect .
I crossed the fem. blueberry to a fem. nycd/cottoncandy x sage too just for kicks ?
I already got a new bean ord. from G.S.A -n- have a beter part of stuff for clone cabinet .
Thanx Sis
The Crispis' :jointsmile:
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
Wow crispi that clone cab is going to be hella tight.
What was it, just a rubbermaid tool shed thing?
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
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Originally Posted by foxysox
Wow crispi that clone cab is going to be hella tight.
What was it, just a rubbermaid tool shed thing?
Hey Foxy ,
Stearlite storage cont. just perfect for a 24in. flouro. tube . 25" wide x 36" tall x 19" deep . And the big humidity dome -n- heat pad look like it was made for it . Once clones are rooted the shelf w/ the tubes can be removed and I have a ghetto fab. bathroom fixt. w/ 6 cfls = 11,000 lumens total to veg w/ . a 2nd shelf comes w/ it so distance between cfls and prop. tray can be adjusted . Lil cab was only 40 bucks . I plan on a couple P/C fans run off a old poo poo 12v power supply soon too for ventalation .
Peace
The Crispis' :jointsmile:
Seed Breeding Q's for ppl. W/ exp.
What a nice devilish pit ;) do his eyes really look pink like that?
Bluntman420 was trying to explain to me last night how hermies make feminized seeds so I spent the sleepless night reading up on it, it'll be interesting to see how your offspring turn out if you decide to give them a chance at life, maybe put a couple out side randomly ;) I've never had blueberry before, but when I finally do I'll be able to die a happy man.
