I would like to share our experiment (last results) with crossing two rare Tamarillo species: Hardy tamarillo - Cyphomandra corymbiflora = Solanum corymbiflorum and Guava Tamarillo - C. fragrans = Solanum diploconos. The hybrid F1 created a few fruits. The hybrid connect the best features of its parents: is dioecious leaves, more frost hardy than C. fragrans and its fruits are better tasting than both parents fruits.
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also success with crossing hybrid F1 with C. fragrans parent -
combination which failed in experiment of prof. Lynn Bohs in 90' years).
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C. corymbiflora x fragrans - F1 hybrid
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also success with rossing hybrid F1 with C. fragrans parent -
combination which failed in experiment of prof. Lynn Bohs in 90' years).
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Over a fruit of the hybrid (C. corymbiflora x fragrans - F1), on down C.corymbiflora
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The hybrid F1 fruits
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On the left C. corymbifora, on the right the hybrid F1 (C. cormbiflora x fragrans)
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| Over ripe fruits the hybrid F1(the fruits taste better than both parents - they are not astringet like C. corymbiflora, aromatic but not too acid, delicious) |
Cyphomandra corymbiflora x fragrans x corymbiflora - BC1 hybrid
BC1 hybrid - C. corymbiflora x fragrans x fragrans (the combiation which we succed the first time in world at all)
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It has created flower buds but no flowers in first year from seeds
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Can you tell me what makes tomatoes grow faster?
ReplyDeleteOr suggest best mail order nurseries on which I can get ideas to accelerate tomato harvest.
Tamarillo starts to fruiting faster, when is propagated by cuttings, taken from mature plants. We ordered hardy tamarillo rooted cuttings from any online shop from Netherlands many years ago. Hardy tamarillo starts to blooming very fast. Guava tamarillo is very slowly. We waited 8 years from seeds to flowers....but probably our plants had not optima environment. We do not know any shop which sells guava tamarillo seeds or cuttings. We suspect to harvest the seeds in 2022/23 season if everything goes well (1 our plant is too small to blooming yet and this species is self-incompatible).
DeleteTamarillo starts to fruiting faster, when is propagated by cuttings, taken from mature plants. We ordered hardy tamarillo rooted cuttings from any online shop from Netherlands many years ago. Hardy tamarillo starts to blooming very fast. Guava tamarillo is very slowly. We waited 8 years from seeds to flowers....but probably our plants had not optima environment. We do not know any shop which sells guava tamarillo seeds or cuttings. We suspect to harvest the seeds in 2022/23 season if everything goes well (1 our plant is too small to blooming yet and this species is self-incompatible).
DeleteHi, I am one of your ebay customers. I would like to know if you have contacts to get some Sambucus peruviana seeds or cuttings? I have read it is an elderberry tree that can grow to 12 m. I would like to use it to cross breed with other sambucus. regards Keith Held. staupudevej@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteI bought 5 of your seeds for this exact hybrid (Cyphomandra corymbiflora x fragrans) on Ebay last year. I surface sterilized them, and plated them in a nutrient agar mix. Finally after around 9 months one has germinated and seems to be growing nicely! Hopefully the rest will follow eventually. Thanks!
Is it possible to buy cuttings? Would love to grow this in my garden. I've also bought your winterhardy pepper and it's doing well, got 4 plants out of the seeds.
ReplyDeleteSome limited amount of the seeds of our hybrids are now available for sale here:
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