Yes, it’s a bit of a gamble that you didn’t select the clone but in my case, I want the zygotic seedling more than the clone because I’m hoping to get lucky with a new variety that will produce fruit that is better than the parent.
Polyembryonic seedlings have at least 50% of the parent variety genetics and there is the possibility that the Zygotic embryo was selfed meaning that it was pollinated by itself. Even if it was crossed by itself, that doesn’t mean it is a clone even though 100% of its genes are from the parent variety because there was a re arrangement of its genetics.
If the clone was not selected, the zygotic seedling wether selfed or crossed with another variety, has the potential to create something unique but retain some of the attributes from the parent genetics.
I have been Growing out a bunch of Pina Colada and E4 seedlings in hopes of finding a Pina Colada seedling that is more disease resistant and grows more vigorously here in San Diego and I also hope to find an E4 seedling that has less fiber but similar taste to the real E4.
I am also hoping to get lucky with an Orange Sherbet seedling that will produce at my location. So far, the PPK lineage has performed poorly at my location because of its horrible disease resistance, especially towards Powdery Mildew. I planted out about 30 Orange Sherbet seedlings and selected the few plants with the strongest orange scent in the sap, I just hope my seedling selection is more disease resistant otherwise it will be a candidate for topworking.
Simon