From fig cuttings that I took on January 15th, the day before a 7 day cold snap that we experienced, I have 2 cuttings which are inexplicably showing fruitlets.
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The way it’s growing; tomorrow the Kaido Crab cuttings will have fruit on them…lol…They are really an amazing grower. They will not be breedable being hybrid; but I’m glad they erred and sent them. I think they can make great rootstock.
Moved the hot box to the window and cat proofed it. Hopefully the cuttings will like it.
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Why?
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From what I read it does not breed true. Malus baccata x Malus spectabilis
I’d be happy to learn otherwise. It is listed as a diploid
It is PI589754.
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@dannytoro1
So they are breedable, but sexual self-propagation might not be true to hybrid. For that, two different yet pollen-compatible F1s is necessary.
Professional breeders might purposely avoid that, focusing instead on repeated backcrossing with cultivars of the two species until the desired level of interspecificity is reached.
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Partly the reason I cancelled that order. But still; I think they will be worth grafting out, Grown out and given a shot in a stool bed.