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Francis_Eric

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Is this 1 month Kent Mango seedling flowering from Peru ?
would you buy pollen if it is ?

I have started a number of Mango seeds in the past I never saw growth like this on a young seedling is this Normal?

















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so is it normal for a 1 month old mango to branch like that?

I do not have experience with mango

Now I know when a Annona or other species like pawpaw has leaves close on the internodes of the stem it would be precocious as a seedling

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Hello. Does not appear to be flowering, and even if it was, much too weak to hold fruit. Save your $, don't buy mango pollen.

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Oh I was surprised it was shooting up red branches early That must be normal.

I was not thinking of pollen to buy
I have been  thinking of pollen to buy or sell of species with good characteristics


If flowering Could be a feature to give pollen to someone for a fast flowering characteristic

there is a guy that spend 15 years breeding Mustard for fast flowering rapid life cycle 35 to 40 days from seed to seed.

(here is a random link , but read about it a while back -- I may have more on it)


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Sam  The Wisconsin Fast PlantTM is a trademark name for a species of plant called Brassica rapa. Dr. Paul H. Williams, plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, spent 15 years developing rapid-cycling versions of six species of Brassica. Selective breeding enabled Dr. Williams to produce Wisconsin Fast Plants from the tremendous resource of Brassicas all over the world (both wild and domesticated). Bred for their small size and rapid life cycle (35 to 40 days, seed-to-seed), Wisconsin Fast Plants can reproduce at high densities under florescent lighting and are now being used for research and classroom teaching in schools and universities all over the globe. Many scientists are using Wisconsin Fast Plants as model plants for research in genetics, molecular biology, plant breeding, cell biology, and physiology. Van Aken Governor’s Island

http://www2.lv.psu.edu/jxm57/irp/brassica.html

I do not know mangoes so asked
Guess those red branches do not mean much

I had a pawpaw (Annonaceae)  set out branches first year, grew fast too
and another with short internods between each leaf (a sign of a precocious seedling)

for me these are good traits ,
but do not know mangoes so wanted to ask.

Just in case I may just dump this in Florida some place when I go there instead of killing it or keeping as house plant.

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Yes I understand mustard grows so much faster so you get more generations

At least for the apple family (Rosaceae)
With something like grafting pear onto a small Aronia bush to make it flower first year I hope I can speed breeding up it a little.


(just Gathered Juneberry pollen last night  took a hour processing  (Amelanchier )
Nature hybrids exist in western USA (juneberry, and mountain ash ---  x amelasorbus ) as well as Europe)


I am trying to collect some species as well (top secret, )
just be nice getting pollen instead of having to wait for them to bear ,
 and mostly instead of slowing down the  process of breeding.