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On 26 Jun 2005 14:54:07 -0700, "john"
wrote: My apologies if I'm telling you something you already know, but I thought it would be easier to try and explain all at once. No, I don't know about seeds from hybrids. Most commonly, hybrid plants are crosses from two or more parent plants of different varieties. Seeds from hybrids can be like either of the parent plants, or they can be like the hybrid. Remember in biology class when you did the Punnett square? http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/BasGen.html This is a page with dog genetics, but if you scroll down, there are Punnett Squares for people like me, who's high school biology classes were more years ago than I care to mention. If one jalapeno had genes for heat HH, and the one they crossed it with had genes for mild hh, the hybrid would have Hh. If you crossed the Hh plants with another Hh plant, the seeds would be 25% HH, 25% hh, and 50% HH. *If*, and please note that's an if, not a "fer sure", the peppers you saved seeds from were hybrids, the seeds you planted may not produce peppers just like the ones in the store., they may produce plants like a parent. That's not necessarily bad, you'll still have jalapenos, they might be hotter or milder, or have larger or smaller pods than what you remember the ones from the grocery store being. Good luck, Penelope -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
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