I should also mention that sex guesstimating is just a guess and you should get your plants tested to confirm. The seedlings are random seeds and some of the seedlings may just have the genetic advantages of accelerated growth or some of the seedlings may come from larger seeds which may or may not give it more energy to grow faster. Some varieties like DongKui are very large and have correspondingly larger seeds compared to Biqi which is a smaller fruit with smaller seeds.
I’m just trying to say that you shouldn’t be too surprised if your more vigorous seedling turns out to be female or if your weaker seedling is a male.
It’s kinda funny that many of us from this recent group buy are hoping that we get a male seedling or rootstock sucker so that we have a pollinator for our grafted females.
On the Facebook group, most the people are trying to get females because they ordered one sexed male and one sexed female from Marta and everyone’s females died out.
Simon
Good points. Lots of assumptions being made without solid evidence. Not a gambler, but fun trying to pick right and roll the dice.
With dioecious species, I'm always happy first to have female, then figure male out later. Since they both are necessary, probably illogical reasoning.
Seems like figuring out grafting and air layering is the key. If one group has lots of males, and the other females, could be need for a yangmei dating service. Whatever the case, the FB yangmei group could benefit from some assistance, and perhaps we could be helped by them as well.
If I don't have a male between the 3 seedlings and 3 rootstocks currently growing, would be surprised. Getting some different genetics in the mix is an interesting idea though.