[moses wellfleet]

Originally Posted by supermanlives

yes with a c99 male that did this and bogs sour bubble male that also did this.pics somewhere in my gallery.

looks interesting... did you grow out any seeds from those males?

[WelderDan]

Originally Posted by moses wellfleet

oh no WD... i almost did that but luckily i consulted DJ's book before i eliminated it, what strain was yours?

I think it was a Blueberry cross. I've chucked so much pollen since then I forget now. I read that DJ Short article about a month after I ditched it and I was like "D'oh!!!!!!"

Not the first dumb ass move I've made.

[headband 707]

yup that DJ is one smart cookie lol.. peace out Headband707

[moses wellfleet]

my backward hermie has seeded itself and the seeds are germinating... i am excited as DJ states that they dont all produce viable seed... does anybody know what i should expect, will they be males or females will there be different phenos?

[Mt Toaker]

Ok so after doing a lot of reading about breeding lately I have a few questions, more specifically towards the DJ Short articles.

In the Origins of Blueberry DJ speaks of the Juicyfruit Thai, the Highland Thai and the Afghani. He also speaks about choosing specific land race varieties, in another article, for parent stock and they should only be, at most, one generation removed from their natural habitat. I read also that it is important to have stable genetics as your parent stock when beginning a breeding project. So here is my question.

If these are true land race varieties and you are using seeds straight from Afghanistan or Thailand from specific regional areas aren't the genetics of these land race varieties contain much variation?

If so, then wouldn't it be appropriate to stabilize that indigenous strain for the breeding project's parent stock before the initial breeding to the first generation of they hybrid stock? Are land race seeds popped until the desired traits are discovered and then they hybrid breeding begins?

Or is it that these land race varieties are isolated to where they are stable enough for breeding projects?

I look forward to some good input on this. I could be a little off here but I think I am finally beginning to grasp a lot of breeding concepts.

[Mt Toaker]

So no one has any input on these questions?

[supermanlives]

Originally Posted by moses wellfleet

looks interesting... did you grow out any seeds from those males?

the hermie males that pollinated them selves from sb havent been viable yet. just planted the last still hoping. the hermie males that pollinated females have produced viable seeds. growing em now. the c99 male i had produced viable seeds when applied to a female too. i made several crosses and no hermies resulted.

[moses wellfleet]

Originally Posted by supermanlives

the hermie males that pollinated them selves from sb havent been viable yet. just planted the last still hoping. the hermie males that pollinated females have produced viable seeds. growing em now. the c99 male i had produced viable seeds when applied to a female too. i made several crosses and no hermies resulted.

ok super did you notice a higher male to female ratio in those seeds?

[wrongwrong]

Shame a lot of the Dj related links don't work!!

[Mt Toaker]

Still no response on the questions I posted above?