Interested in Growing a Multiflora Dwarf?

dfollett · February 28, 2018

As I was answering a PM request for dwarf multiflora seed, I got to thinking…..

Not long after I started this thread about multiflora dwarfs, I shifted my focus almost exclusively to working with micros – multiflora and not. Probably as a result of that there haven’t been many multiflora dwarfs shown here – mostly micros. Virtually all the F3 and later seed I have sent and have available to send out has been selected for micro. Anything larger than micro that I start anymore gets culled at the F2 stage.

What we really need is someone (several someone’s actually) who would like to start a bunch of F2 seed and hunt for their own multiflora dwarfs. I have F2 seed from quite a few crosses that I think have tremendous potential. I just lack the bandwidth to do that hunting - and lack the time, space and motivation.

The crosses with indeterminates will be about 25% dwarf – which are very easy to identify at the baby seedling stage. Of those dwarfs, about 25% will be multiflora (some will also be micros). To find the multiflora without wasting garden space, grow extra and leave them in their 4” cups until then show blossoms. Plant the multifloras.

The crosses with dwarfs will all be dwarfs or micros – mostly dwarfs. They will also show the same 25% multiflora. If that sounds interesting to anyone, let me know what you are most interested in and I’ll provide as much F2 seed as you are willing to try.

February 28, 2018	#11
dfollett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Utah Posts: 693	Interested in looking for a Multiflora Dwarf? As I was answering a PM request for dwarf multiflora seed, I got to thinking….. Not long after I started this thread about multiflora dwarfs, I shifted my focus almost exclusively to working with micros – multiflora and not. Probably as a result of that there haven’t been many multiflora dwarfs shown here – mostly micros. Virtually all the F3 and later seed I have sent and have available to send out has been selected for micro. Anything larger than micro that I start anymore gets culled at the F2 stage. What we really need is someone (several someone’s actually) who would like to start a bunch of F2 seed and hunt for their own multiflora dwarfs. I have F2 seed from quite a few crosses that I think have tremendous potential. I just lack the bandwidth to do that hunting - and lack the time, space and motivation. The crosses with indeterminates will be about 25% dwarf – which are very easy to identify at the baby seedling stage. Of those dwarfs, about 25% will be multiflora (some will also be micros). To find the multiflora without wasting garden space, grow extra and leave them in their 4” cups until then show blossoms. Plant the multifloras. The crosses with dwarfs will all be dwarfs or micros – mostly dwarfs. They will also show the same 25% multiflora. If that sounds interesting to anyone, let me know what you are most interested in and I’ll provide as much F2 seed as you are willing to try.