What are the chances?

TZ-OH6 · April 30, 2008

In my germinations this spring I had one Anna Russian pop out potato-leaf, and one Red Brandywine-potatoleaf, pop out regular leaf. I quickly sowed another dozen seeds of each to see if the packs had mixed seeds or crossed seeds in them. So far only those single plants have come up 'off-type'. There is no chance that a seed mix-up happend on my end.

Can I reasonably assume a leaf mutation [vs. a foreign seed] if the Anna Russian-PL come out heart-shaped?

The Red-Brandy-RL would have to have identical fruit to the potatoleafs to be a mutation. I have a handful of other red RLs to compare it to for variation. Whatever that Brandywine turns out to be it won't be a real red Brandywine, since the potatoleaf parentage is a mystery. But, maybe I'll get a Pseudo Earl's Faux ;-)

How often do you all [Y'all, yous-guys] find foreign seeds in your seed packs?

April 30, 2008	#1
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 848	What are the chances? In my germinations this spring I had one Anna Russian pop out potato-leaf, and one Red Brandywine-potatoleaf, pop out regular leaf. I quickly sowed another dozen seeds of each to see if the packs had mixed seeds or crossed seeds in them. So far only those single plants have come up 'off-type'. There is no chance that a seed mix-up happend on my end. Can I reasonably assume a leaf mutation [vs. a foreign seed] if the Anna Russian-PL come out heart-shaped? The Red-Brandy-RL would have to have identical fruit to the potatoleafs to be a mutation. I have a handful of other red RLs to compare it to for variation. Whatever that Brandywine turns out to be it won't be a real red Brandywine, since the potatoleaf parentage is a mystery. But, maybe I'll get a Pseudo Earl's Faux ;-) How often do you all [Y'all, yous-guys] find foreign seeds in your seed packs?

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