Afew questions about breeding

xellos99 · May 4, 2019

Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum, I was not sure where to ask.

I am a total beginner and not looked far into this as of yet but I have a few questions if anyone wants to reply.

Lets say you have a small number of an old OP variety and you want to selectively breed them or improve them so that the seeds you have in following generations are better or more suited to your location.

How would you go about this ?

Pick the best two plants of them all and breed them together and grow out the seeds and continue to do the same each year.

Pick the best plant and self pollinate it and grow the seeds out and keep doing that instead.

Or is there another option or possibly no improvement can be made on a small scale with only 15 - 20 plants to work with each year.

May 4, 2019	#1
xellos99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: wales uk Posts: 236	Afew questions about breeding Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum, I was not sure where to ask. I am a total beginner and not looked far into this as of yet but I have a few questions if anyone wants to reply. Lets say you have a small number of an old OP variety and you want to selectively breed them or improve them so that the seeds you have in following generations are better or more suited to your location. How would you go about this ? Pick the best two plants of them all and breed them together and grow out the seeds and continue to do the same each year. Pick the best plant and self pollinate it and grow the seeds out and keep doing that instead. Or is there another option or possibly no improvement can be made on a small scale with only 15 - 20 plants to work with each year.