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Originally Posted by KarenO
next question, once I have F2 seed, how many to grow out of those to get a good idea of whether there is something worth selecting and trying to stabilize going forward. As many as I have room for?
KO
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Generally, as many as you have room for.
This year I grew a bunch of "Tiny Tim" from seed and one turned out to be a cross from something else I grew last year. In the F2s, there will be something like 1:16 that have both dwarfing traits of the TT grandparent. I want to have a bunch of micro plants in order to select for flavor or color... so I will need to grow many more than 16 seeds.
Fortunately, I can screen for dwarf/micro plants in the seedling stage and so I only have to grow up those rare few that have the right size. This is my gardening project for this winter.