Well, my Charles Grimaldi produced 4 seed pods this past summer, one large one and three smaller ones. I'm going to play around with propagation. My question is when you identify the cross parents, which one goes first? Or does it matter? The pod developed on the CG without my help. The only other brug in bloom was a Frosty Pink, and I have no neighbors close by where any pollen could have come from. So does the CG name come first? CG x Frosty Pink?
I understand from my reading that many will produce a white flower. I'm just hoping to see what I can do at this point! Over the next couple of days I guess I'd better do some chopping and get some cuttings. The CG has lost most of its leaves, but a couple other of mine are still ticking. They are more sheltered from the cold.
Anyway, thanks for any help on the naming process.
Sanna
cross protocol
If you don't know for sure who the pollen donor is.. you should just use CG x ? Bees & moths can travel a long way! If you didn't pollinate it, it is "open pollinated" You might want to keep a personal note that the only other bloom you knew of was Frosty Pink.. but there is no harm in leaving the question mark.. it's really better than guessing in the long run. IMHO
The pollen parent goes first.. you have it correct.
Good luck! :)
The pollen parent goes first.. you have it correct.
Actually, it is the pod parent that is first. The plant that the pod grows on is the pod parent. The pollen parent is the one that the pollen comes from that pollinates the flower that makes the pod. ZZ's just testing us. LOL! You are right sj.
This message was edited Nov 23, 2007 10:19 PM
eeeeeeeeeeeek I'm sooo red in the face.. I knew that but used the wrong word.. I am sooo sorry! It didn't come out right! Thank you Shirley.. *crawling away with tail tucked*
Thank you both for taking the time to respond! And yes, will keep the ? open. I live on 2.5 acres, and each parcel around us is at least 2.5, and I haven't seen a brug up in this area besides mine, but I agree, I'll leave it open. Sometimes I'm amazed I can even get the things to grow and bloom, as our high temps in the summer are usually no more than 65F. I depend on my microclimates. Last year I had a Peaches and Cream bloom, almost lost the whole thing to frost (which we rarely get), and even though it came back, it didn't have any blooms. (Although it's still looking pretty good ~ ya never know!)
Thanks again for letting me know. I hope to be able to show some blooms from my seeds!
Sanna