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| i have some gratuitously poppin up around the yard ...
going on 3 years.. and it looks like its going to be another 3 before i see a flower ... any idea what i will end up with ... in the sense of .. will i end up with the genetic back flow of purple or whatever great-great-grandma is in other words.. if i planted 1000 open pollinated seeds.. would the odds favor a generic purple or white ... i have to presume one of those is from which the rest have come .... and probably not white ... and no.. i have about a dozen variety .. so i have no clue as to parentage ... anyone??? .. pure unadulterated speculation???? ken |
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| Is this a trick question and you already know the answer? LOL |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 18, 11 at 17:13
| nope .. have been watching them grow in the beds .. and the wait is killing me.. and if all i end up with is the same old.. same old.. i will not be happy ... and will exterminate them with extreme prejudice .... ken |
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| Well you are the expert but I would say purple as that seems to be the dominant color in lilacs. But that is just a wild guess sort of. Why don't you X polinate under controlled conditons and if you get a great new color at least you will know the parents. Unless one of them has been messing around and then you can go to the Maury show. |
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| If definitely seedlings and not suckers then you will just have to wait and see. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 19, 11 at 9:01
| they are surely much too far away to be suckers ... and i claim no experience in starting shrubs from seed ... i suppose its no different from any other seed project ... but i surely doesnt hurt to ask if anyone has any experience with such ... ken |
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