Ep. 70 What to Do with Your Crossed-Up Plants
About this episode
This episode discusses what to do with crossed-up plants found in fields and how they can lead to exciting breeding projects.
I've been encouraging you to go out and find any accidental crosses that might be in your fields. These can be the beginning of exciting breeding projects. But once you've found those very special individuals, what should you do? That's what this minisode is about! In this episode we get into • The difference between crossers and selfers • How many crossed up plants you need to start a breeding project • How to grow out your F2 generation tp get the best results • What to do if your crossed up plants want to go in many directions. Enjoy the show! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Tell me what crops you think I should cover in my summer Seed Farmer school. Fill out this form to let me know: https://forms.gle/sZES93eNahtXi44y7 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Support the Seed Farmer Podcast https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com//supportpodcast 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 Stay in Touch Follow the Seed Farmer on instagram https://www.instagram.com/danbrisebois.farm/ Get my weekly seed newsletter https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com/seeds Order Tourne-Sol seeds (Canadian orders only) https://fermetournesol.qc.ca/ Get my new book The Seed Farmer https://danbrisebois.com/seedfarmerbook ❤️ Thanks for listening!
People in this episode
Host: Dan Brisebois
Topics covered
- breeding projects
- crossed-up plants
- plant genetics
- F2 generation
- agriculture
Keywords
- crossed-up plants
- breeding projects
- F2 generation
- plant genetics
- agriculture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Seed Farmer Podcast, Farmers Spreadsheet Academy, Tourne-Sol
Books & works: The Seed Farmer
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