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Citrangequat(but Meiwa)
Enigmius:
--- Quote from: vnomonee on January 30, 2023, 10:47:42 AM ---Nagami produces hybrids more readily than Meiwa (when used as a mother). Meiwa is something like 99% nucellar don't quote me on that. It would be a good idea to use meiwa as a pollen parent given that the fruit is sweeter! If my Morton citrange blooms this spring I'm going to try just that. Also thinking of using taitri but that has not bloomed for me yet.
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Well I suppose that answers my question on why Nagami was originally selected.
But yes, I would be very interested to see if you could get a Morton X Meiwa citrangequat cross.
Also how would you know? Would it be apparent from the seed formation differing from the normal morton shape/size in the selectively pollinated fruit, or would you only know once the seed sprouts revealing it to be dicot in nature?
vnomonee:
From my understanding Morton is mostly seedless unless pollinated so forming seeds is a good indicator that it was atleast pollinated. I don't have a trained eye to see seed differences like that but that is a thing others on the forum have demonstrated. I would have to grow the seeds and select for characteristics of kumquat (leaf shape, size, color, etc)
--- Quote from: Enigmius on January 30, 2023, 12:52:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: vnomonee on January 30, 2023, 10:47:42 AM ---Nagami produces hybrids more readily than Meiwa (when used as a mother). Meiwa is something like 99% nucellar don't quote me on that. It would be a good idea to use meiwa as a pollen parent given that the fruit is sweeter! If my Morton citrange blooms this spring I'm going to try just that. Also thinking of using taitri but that has not bloomed for me yet.
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Well I suppose that answers my question on why Nagami was originally selected.
But yes, I would be very interested to see if you could get a Morton X Meiwa citrangequat cross.
Also how would you know? Would it be apparent from the seed formation differing from the normal morton shape/size in the selectively pollinated fruit, or would you only know once the seed sprouts revealing it to be dicot in nature?
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Enigmius:
--- Quote from: vnomonee on January 30, 2023, 06:14:02 PM ---From my understanding Morton is mostly seedless unless pollinated so forming seeds is a good indicator that it was atleast pollinated. I don't have a trained eye to see seed differences like that but that is a thing others on the forum have demonstrated. I would have to grow the seeds and select for characteristics of kumquat (leaf shape, size, color, etc)
--- Quote from: Enigmius on January 30, 2023, 12:52:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: vnomonee on January 30, 2023, 10:47:42 AM ---Nagami produces hybrids more readily than Meiwa (when used as a mother). Meiwa is something like 99% nucellar don't quote me on that. It would be a good idea to use meiwa as a pollen parent given that the fruit is sweeter! If my Morton citrange blooms this spring I'm going to try just that. Also thinking of using taitri but that has not bloomed for me yet.
--- End quote ---
Well I suppose that answers my question on why Nagami was originally selected.
But yes, I would be very interested to see if you could get a Morton X Meiwa citrangequat cross.
Also how would you know? Would it be apparent from the seed formation differing from the normal morton shape/size in the selectively pollinated fruit, or would you only know once the seed sprouts revealing it to be dicot in nature?
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Groovy! Well I look forward to seeing if your's flowers and are able to make a cross.
poncirsguy:
Marumi is Zygotic
Perplexed:
I keep hearing conflictions between kumquat varieties being zygotic or not. So meiwa is zygotic?
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