Hi,

maybe someone someone knows the answer for this:

When Ginkgo trees are grown from seeds, how many percent of the plants can
be expected to be female and how many to be male? The point is that I have
two plants that are grown from seeds and I want to know how likely it is that
I have at least one female tree. A female tree would be a good addition to
my three cuttings that are very likely male....

Bjoern

If you are just talking about randomly picking up seeds off the ground, I
think its about 50-50 male/female. Remember that most people will not buy
female ginkgos because the fruit smells like dog poop. You may have a
female and not know it because it takes about 20 years for a female to bear
fruit. When it fruits, you will know and so will your neighbors with
working noses.

-Huck

"Bjoern Bartusch" wrote in message
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Hi,

maybe someone someone knows the answer for this:

When Ginkgo trees are grown from seeds, how many percent of the plants can
be expected to be female and how many to be male? The point is that I have
two plants that are grown from seeds and I want to know how likely it is
that
I have at least one female tree. A female tree would be a good addition to
my three cuttings that are very likely male....

Bjoern

and I heard they smell like rotting human flesh .. well, some people apparently strip
the fruit off (using gloves) and process the seeds for consumption.
http://www.boldweb.com/greenweb/2977.htm
Ingrid

"Huck" wrote:
If you are just talking about randomly picking up seeds off the ground, I
think its about 50-50 male/female. Remember that most people will not buy
female ginkgos because the fruit smells like dog poop.


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It smells like rotting flesh I heard (butrycid acid or so). But since female
trees are rarer than male clones I actually hope to have a female tree.
For the rate: I doubt that it is 50-50. Someone once wrote that he saw
6 female trees in a street all grown from seeds. He thought it happens
only 1 times out of 64 times (with 6 trees). But it is more likely that
the rate for female trees is somewhat higher than for male trees...


: If you are just talking about randomly picking up seeds off the ground, I
: think its about 50-50 male/female. Remember that most people will not buy
: female ginkgos because the fruit smells like dog poop. You may have a
: female and not know it because it takes about 20 years for a female to bear
: fruit. When it fruits, you will know and so will your neighbors with
: working noses.