Sundog F3
These Sundog F3's are also true to type with the gf/gf flower and many petals typical of a large beef. I couldn't resist starting a half dozen of them, in hopes of finding a full Beta determinate orange-black. I think they are quite cold tolerant so I expect to move them to the "camping" section when we are safely ahem frost free.
As I found last year, the effect of gf/gf on flower colour overrides any indication of Beta, so I will have to wait for ripe fruit to find who has or doesn't still have one Beta allele, but once I see the terminal bud determinate growth habit I'll know I found the full Beta, which is linked. At that point the other bears will be shooed outside for sure, no matter what 'summer' is like.
These are also segregating for earliness with 2 of 6 earlier to flower at 49 and 51 days. The third is about to flower, and all three of these were also the shortest plants at time of flowering. So I hope the black Beta is among em.
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