Some data - crossing (lack of, actually!) in my tomatoes

[nctomatoman]

This is always an interesting time of the spring - when I get to see how my recessive trait tomatoes germinate to check on crossing (I don't bag blossoms and grow plants close together).

So far, I have the following PL varieties:

Ben Gantz - 2009 saved seed - 31 seeds planted, 31 plants, all potato leaf. (Ben grew next to two regular leaf varieties last year)

Casey's Pure Yellow - 2008 saved seed - 27 seeds planted, 27 plants, all potato leaf. (Casey grew next to two RL varieties in 2008)

And for Dwarfs:

the PL dwarfs - four different ones, 100 seeds planted, 100 plants, all dwarf, all PL
the RL dwarfs - two different ones - 50 seeds planted, 50 plants, all dwarf, all RL.

I've yet to transplant KBX, Kimberly, Lillian's Yellow, Lucky Cross, Little Lucky, Yellow Brandywine (all PL) and 4 other dwarfs... will report on those when I finish the transplanting.

I was pretty shocked to see this - I expect up to 5% crossing, but this was very encouraging to see.

just thought it was interesting enough to share.