What hypothetical tomato crosses interest you?

bower · February 24, 2017

Shule, that is a crazy big list!!

You would pretty much need all the farmland in the USA to grow out the F2s.

It really isn't difficult to make a cross. There are some excellent videos on YouTube that show different techniques of 'emasculating' the female parent so it doesn't self pollinate. Best to set up several 'mother flowers' to make sure one takes (my first attempt at crossing was 50% successful). You should pick a cross to try

and give it a go. Lots of fun in the selection.
There are resources online that list the designated names of known tomato genes, which will show if parthenocarpic is a dominant trait by having a capital letter. Lower case means recessive or it can also be additive. It can be complicated (linkage can change your expected ratios too) but that makes for more surprises in the grow outs, until you find the trait combination you're looking for. The surprises can be really cool and sometimes you can't pass up what was unintended.

February 24, 2017	#18
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Shule, that is a crazy big list!! You would pretty much need all the farmland in the USA to grow out the F2s. It really isn't difficult to make a cross. There are some excellent videos on YouTube that show different techniques of 'emasculating' the female parent so it doesn't self pollinate. Best to set up several 'mother flowers' to make sure one takes (my first attempt at crossing was 50% successful). You should pick a cross to try and give it a go. Lots of fun in the selection. There are resources online that list the designated names of known tomato genes, which will show if parthenocarpic is a dominant trait by having a capital letter. Lower case means recessive or it can also be additive. It can be complicated (linkage can change your expected ratios too) but that makes for more surprises in the grow outs, until you find the trait combination you're looking for. The surprises can be really cool and sometimes you can't pass up what was unintended.