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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is it possible to get a polyembryonic seed from a monoembryonic mango?
« on: February 09, 2025, 12:27:12 PM »
There are several reasons a mono seed might develop multiple stems (damage, disease, nutrition, etc.,). Next Kent seed you germinate, snap off the stem before the leaves harden-off; it'll start new stems from the collar. The mangoes you are getting this time of year are coming from outside the US and have gone through various processes to keep them edible/sellable and pass through US Customs. The answer to why it's happening probably lies somewhere in that process
Again, multiple stems does not make it poly. Poly seeds are fairly easy to spot; peel the brown skin off the seed and you should see separate/segmented embryos. Each embryo is genetically distinct from the others. You can take a poly apart like a puzzle and germinate each segment (no matter how small the segment is). This page has some pics that might be useful in understanding what a poly would look like: https://www.graftamango.com/learn-how-to-germinate-turpentine-mango-seeds
Again, multiple stems does not make it poly. Poly seeds are fairly easy to spot; peel the brown skin off the seed and you should see separate/segmented embryos. Each embryo is genetically distinct from the others. You can take a poly apart like a puzzle and germinate each segment (no matter how small the segment is). This page has some pics that might be useful in understanding what a poly would look like: https://www.graftamango.com/learn-how-to-germinate-turpentine-mango-seeds