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The Coconut Cream seeds I have seen germinate have been coming up poly, which is odd as its parents are both mono.
Quote from: bsbullie on August 05, 2014, 07:54:56 AMThe Coconut Cream seeds I have seen germinate have been coming up poly, which is odd as its parents are both mono.Interesting...this is the first that I have heard that Coconut Cream is poly. Thanks for sharing the info.Genetics is a weird thing... i.e. Duncan being mono while having a poly parent (NDM).
If you hsve plenty of time and space and want to pkant seeds for experiments or just for shits and giggles, then great but otherwise why are people planting seeds? With the time, effort and aforementioned space, just buy grafted trees. They are available and while they may cost more for some, it will still save monetarily in the long run.
Probably Zands started this thread for people in other countries. Having so many choices in S. FL its easy to forget about less fortunate.Fruit Punch? That's the only one I want to know.I think wslau takes his info from Wiki. I recently looked up this myself. My interest peaked when I thought NDM and Duncan are the only two FL mangoes with gelatinous texture, although gelatinous on both mangoes isn't exactly the same. Here is from wiki: "The original tree was grown from a seed planted in 1956 by David Sturrock of West Palm Beach, Florida. Sturrock had written in 1969 that it had been a cross of Edward and Pico,[1] but a 2005 pedigree analysis indicated that Nam Doc Mai was the likely parent.[2] This explanation is challenging because Nam Doc Mai was not introduced into Florida until the 1970s, and that Duncan is monoembryonic while Nam Doc Mai is polyembryonic"
That USDA analysis relied on a flawed/out-dated grove map and wound up producing some bad results. Duncan absolutely does not have NDM in its parentage. Fairchild isn't even using the USDA for the genetic analysis on their new crosses; they're outsourcing it to the Israelis.
I planted my FL seeds today (hooray!) and it appears that ZINC is poly. Not the usual SE Asian poly look but it looked segmented to me. Piņa Colada also if I recall.
Sweet tart is poly
JF, are you pulling our legs? My LZ has at least two sprouts coming out.Simon
I just dumped out my LZ seed and there are definitely two sprouts coming out. Perhaps they are both from sexual reproduction? Each sprout appears to be attached to half of the cotyledon. One sprout for each half of the seed. Please see my Lemon Zest Seedling Project post for pictures. Simon