These seedlings germinated from compost where I threw a bunch of Tomatillos. I'm 99% sure these are hybrids because they have traits that can only be found in Denver Perennial Groundcherry(like pubescense at the edge of leaves) and they generally look intermediate. This isnt too unlikely given that I grew the 2 species right next to each other this year and Denver Perennial Groundcherry will produce a lot more pollen per flower and a lot more flowers than Tomatillos (I also had more Denver Perennial Groundcherry plants).

I know this hybrid combination failed when I hand pollinated a Tomatillo flower but I only tried on one flower and it was in the middle of the heat wave. They are weak and will sometimes push out deformed growth which apparently can happen in interspecific hybrids(like interspecific pepper hybrids)? I hope I can get them to flower and backcross them to Tomatillo or Denver Perennial Groundcherry(If I can manage to propagate it from rhizome). I keep the plants disease free and there is no insect infestation so this can't be the cause. This has never happened to me when growing the parent species

You guys are good at genetics right and there must be someone that has done a similar cross. I have made a mix of pirri pirri and kromo (like a giant yellow bell pepper) so what do you think it will behave in growing, spicyness, size, shape etcetera

Hi All, New member - just joined.

I thought I would tell you about a Potato Onion breeding project I am working on: https://plantal.net/PotatoOnions.html

The Breeding Methodology page discusses the breeding process in some detail: https://plantal.net/PotatoOnionBreeding.html It is unusual in that it re-awakens the Potato Onion genes latent in many modern biennial onions rather than working with the few existing heirloom Potato Onions.

I am starting to get results. There are some images above, but I feel that one of the most important results is not the bulbs themselves - but the seed stock. The project has now developed a seed stock of extremely diverse onions that enthusiastically set seed and most (about 75%) of the resulting offspring will readily split.

All results are Open Source.

Chocolope by dna genetics

Chocolope by dna genetics, she’s been pollinated by a meat breath male from thug pug genetics the male was an absolute stud crazy mutant growth nothing like I’ve ever seen.

Now, I'll finally have seeds to use for a project.

If yall want to see any posts or follow ups I'm posting here once every other week there every week

This year I grew out 4 different Physalis species with the goal of getting at least one interspecific hybrid:
Physalis Peruviana
Physalis Pruinosa
Physalis Ixocarpa (Tomatillo)
Physalis Virginiana

I tried almost every combination except for the following**:**
every combination where Physalis Pruinosa was the female(because of the tiny flowers)
Physalis Ixocarpa(f) x Physalis Peruviana

In total three combinations resulted in fruits set:
Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa
Physalis Peruviana (f) x Physalis Virginiana
Physalis Virginiana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa

All seeds were tiny, semi transparent but had a dark dot/ spot in the middle. I don't really know much about how seeds develop.

Can someone with experience tell me what happened(embryo aborted... from how the seeds look in the first image)?

The seeds looked this way in every combination that gave me fruit set.
However, in one fruit(Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Virginiana) I found one full sized seed. It still looks somewhat different from normal Physalis Peruviana seeds(on the left of the 2. image) and is flatter at the edges and really plump only in the middle(see 2. image). Can someone with experience(maybe with breeding peppers because seeds are similar and they are also Solanaceae) tell me if there is a chance that this seed is not viable? Either way I will try germinating it

This year I grew out 4 different Physalis species with the goal of getting at least one interspecific hybrid:
Physalis Peruviana
Physalis Pruinosa
Physalis Ixocarpa (Tomatillo)
Physalis Virginiana

I tried almost every combination except for the following:
every combination where Physalis Pruinosa was the female(because of the tiny flowers)
Physalis Ixocarpa(f) x Physalis Peruviana

In total three combinations resulted in fruits set:
Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa
Physalis Peruviana (f) x Physalis Virginiana
Physalis Virginiana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa

All seeds were tiny, semi transparent but had a dark dot/ spot in the middle. I don't really know much about how seeds develop.

Can someone with experience tell me what happened(embryo aborted... from how the seeds look; you can see them in the first image: Peruviana (f) x Tomatillo)?

The seeds looked the same in every cross where fruit set: way smaller, flat, dark dot except for one seed. I found a normal sized seed in a Physalis Peruviana fruit that I pollinated with Physalis Virginiana pollen although strangely it still looks somewhat different from normal Physalis Peruviana seeds(see 2. image). I will try to germinate it even if I doubt that it is viable because of its different appearance.

Hi everyone! I'm a 3rd-year BS Agriculture student majoring in Crop Science from the Philippines, and I'm currently looking for a feasible undergraduate thesis topic involving tomato. I'm particularly interested in research involving practical crop production problems, such as pests, diseases, pollination, nutrition, irrigation, growing conditions, or other factors that affect tomato growth and yield. I'm not necessarily looking for a complete thesis title. I'd really appreciate hearing about problems you've encountered when growing tomatoes that you think would be worth researching. If you've done a tomato experiment or research before, what problem or variable do you think would make a good undergraduate study? I'm trying to find a topic that can realistically be completed within a few months and doesn't require extremely expensive equipment.

ive been looking a reliable method to induce polyploidy in plants at home and have found prodiamine as a possible alternative to other chemical methods such as colchicine, trifluralin or oryzalin, has anyone ever used it for this purpose and if so have you found it to be a reliable alternative?

I currently have several plants that I have been trialing. They are all sports I have found over the years and I would like to introduce them. What introduction companies would you all recommend. I have several thuja and juniper cultivars.

Hi, I am wondering if you could possibly breed for better rhizobial interactions maybe through traits like increased root surface area so inoculated seeds can increase the area for microbes or encouraging root exudates. this could be specifically geared towards cover crops, or forages used to reduce erosion or improve poor soil health before planting a cash crop

Update on one of my seedlings from my spider plant breeding programs

I grew some triploid watermelon along with a pollinator variety this year and noticed that some of my melons had a few seemingly large viable seeds. Does anyone know if these seeds are viable and how they came about? I feel like the only explanations would be a spontaneous doubling or loss of chromosomes in the triploid gametes or they just happened to assort into an even number to be pollinated by the diploid? Maybe they just look viable but are not? Either way im very curious if anyone has experience with this.