General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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Tomatovillian™
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Hi friends...long time!
I'm back to ask a genetics question. I learned so much in the dwarf project but I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around this question.... It's to do with clementine mandarines. They are supposedly a seedless variety, but once in a while, there is a seed or two in them. My question is: how? And my next question is: If planted, will they come true? You know, just a simple question for your Saturday afternoon. 😁 |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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How? Because nature wants to reproduce and will surprise you with it's creativeness every once in awhile.
No you will not get a seedless fruit from the seeds. The fruit will be a normal fruit and hold many seeds. You will only get a seedless fruit if you graft the plant onto a root stock. I have a Locust tree started from a seed of a seedless Locust tree. It is a normal Locust tree and makes a huge mess every year. It needs to be cut down.
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Tomatovillian™
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But!
You never get a seed in a navel orange. Why?, if plants want to procreate creatively? |
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Tomatovillian™
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Never??? Can you be so sure about that? I have.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Burton, TX
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Lots of citrus come true from seed-nuceller (sp?) embryos.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Colorado
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Oranges i believe, like "seedless grapes" are sprayed with a chemical to start producing fruit without having been fertilized. Sometimes you will get a seed or two in these oranges or grapefruits or grapes because a bee got to them first.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
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and will they come true?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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You expect them to lie?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: UK
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No, Mr Bond: I expect you to die.
I would expect that seeds like that wouldn't likely match the parent plant since who knows what hybrid genetics is going on to get plants to produce seedless fruit for a supermarket. Find one, plant it, and see! |
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