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Has anyone successfully crossed "Hot Lips"

macroclemys
10 years ago

Hi Everyone,
I am curious if any of you has successfully crossed the sonatini "Hot Lips"? So far none of the following have succeeded
Ambiance X Hot Lips
Amigo X Hot Lips
Bogota X Hot Lips
Graffiti X Hot Lips
Hot Lips X Ambiance
Hot Lips X Graffiti
One cross that may succeed is Hot Lips X Half & Half. The sole fruit is still looking good after nearly 4 weeks, but the scape now appears that it may begin senescing.

Curiously, my other sonatini, "Graffiti", is promising to be a reliable father. I have recently harvested a Amigo X Graffiti pod that was full of plump seeds. Its early development quickly outpaced the other fruit on the scape. That was a surprise because I assume Graffiti to be diploid and Amigo to be tetraploid.

I have pollenated several other tetraploids and diploids with Graffiti, and so far the only certain failures are with Ambiance and Hot Lips. Possible successes are crosses with Merry Christmas, Half & Half, Evergreen, Chico, Bogota, and Benefica. Only time will tell, but in the meanwhile I wonder if anyone else has observed that Graffiti is so promiscuous.

Bill

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