MG Cross-pollination??

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sbarr Albany (again), NY(Zone 5b) Aug 19, 2001

Sorry about another newbie question... I just read that morning glories cross pollinate easily - a suggestion was to plant different types different seasons or give at least 1/4 mile distance between? Is this true? I'm hoping to plant several different types next year - and harvest the ones I like and continue onward.

Unfortunately, my yard is far smaller than a football field.

Any thoughts or recommendations?

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makshi Noblesville, IN(Zone 5a) Aug 20, 2001

I don't know if they cross pollinate or not. Who knows you may come up with something really pretty if they do. Most people don't have a yard big enough to plant more than one color if this is true.

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Aug 20, 2001

There may be some truth to cross pollinating as my Heavenly Blues came back as a deep purple this spring'No matter,I just love them all'

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Aug 21, 2001

Eventually they will all revert back to the weedy small flowered dark purple type if you intend on gowing several varities next to each other. Even if you grow just one variety, most are hybrids which means they will still revert back. You can't save seed from a hybrid plant (with very few exceptions) and have it come back the next year looking exactly the same as the year before.

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MsBatt Florence, AL(Zone 7a) Aug 22, 2001

I've been told by more than one MG collector that cross-pollenation is rare---that most new types are the result of mutation, and in fact, I had a mutation this year myself! I thought I really had something until a collector told me it was a 'common' mutation that already had a name, and everything! He also said that only thirty per cent of my seeds would carry this mutation, and that I should feel secure in harvesting and swapping my seeds under the name I'd bought them under. If anyone has any souces to prove OR disprove this, I'd like to see them.

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MGMan Norfolk, VA Nov 06, 2005

Do any of y'all have any pictures of your new hybrids?

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mornin_gayle Bloomingdale, OH(Zone 6a) Nov 06, 2005

Did you happen to notice the dates on this thread?
Or notice that only sbarr is still a member?

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EmmaGrace Jacksonville, TX(Zone 8a) Nov 06, 2005

Hi Sandra,

I saw this Thread a bit earlier and wondered why in the heck you were posting such a Thread....lol
mornin_gayle solved this little momentarily mystery.

Emma

PS: Don't forget to write me Sandra

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Seedsower Franklin, WI(Zone 5a) Nov 06, 2005

Yes, DG was acting up for awhile, if that's what you mean! I was thinking....gosh, I thought Sandra was back in the states!

Sandy

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