Post by rob on Jun 5, 2022 20:09:12 GMT
Hello friends
I would like to know if anyone has tried Tranquil Dove as a pollen or pod parent. I remember that Bill Seidl reported something on the subject and surely he tried to cross it with Picotee with the aim of producing flowers with distinct picotee edge. I have used it as pollen parent but the picotee character was not transferred to progeny in my experience. I have used it also as pod parent but I found extremely difficult to obtain viable seeds: the flower should be pollinated as soon as the bud is soft to avoid cross pollination and often the carpels dry out at an early stage after fertilization. So my experience is limited to a couple of seeds which germinated seedlings that are still too small for any evaluation
Thank you for sharing your experience
I would like to know if anyone has tried Tranquil Dove as a pollen or pod parent. I remember that Bill Seidl reported something on the subject and surely he tried to cross it with Picotee with the aim of producing flowers with distinct picotee edge. I have used it as pollen parent but the picotee character was not transferred to progeny in my experience. I have used it also as pod parent but I found extremely difficult to obtain viable seeds: the flower should be pollinated as soon as the bud is soft to avoid cross pollination and often the carpels dry out at an early stage after fertilization. So my experience is limited to a couple of seeds which germinated seedlings that are still too small for any evaluation
Thank you for sharing your experience
