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Post by MarcV on Nov 24, 2019 8:45:02 GMT -5
I have a box of clementines from the market and noticed that some of them contain seeds. I might want to try to germinate them. Do they grow true from seed?
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Post by ilya11 on Nov 24, 2019 14:10:58 GMT -5
I have a box of clementines from the market and noticed that some of them contain seeds. I might want to try to germinate them. Do they grow true from seed? No, they all will be zygotic hybrids |
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Post by MarcV on Nov 24, 2019 15:04:33 GMT -5
Ah ok, thanks!
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kumin
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SE Pennsylvania, 45 miles north of Chesapeake Bay, Zone 6b
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Post by kumin on Nov 24, 2019 17:44:48 GMT -5
Standard Clementine is also self-incompatible, which means they are seedless unless pollinated by a different cultivar, in which case all seedlings are hybrids. The Monreal Clementine clone is self fertile and when self pollinated the genetics are all from the Clementine parent, but will segregate due to Clementine's genetic heterozygosity.
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brian
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Pennsylvania zone6 w/ heated greenhouse
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Post by brian on Nov 24, 2019 18:13:24 GMT -5
Are your clementines actually clementines? Or some kind of mandarin like murcott? Not sure if that changes the answer though
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Post by millet on Nov 24, 2019 21:45:16 GMT -5
Almost all sweet oranges, true grapefruit, lemons, limes, pure mandarins (other than King and clementine) most tangelos, hybrid tangerines and tangors (except Temple) come true from seed. Most pummelos do not come true from seed
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Post by MarcV on Nov 26, 2019 1:07:33 GMT -5
I don't have the box in which they came anymore. Normally the labels on the boxes indicate the exact species of citrus they contain. I will check again next time at the market...
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Post by MarcV on Dec 7, 2019 10:40:07 GMT -5
Got me a new box. It appears that they are clemenules.
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Post by david on Dec 7, 2019 15:47:02 GMT -5
Clems do not come true. You may or may not get something but it will mot be a clemule.
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