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Can any of these vegetables cross?
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Posted by treeguy123 AL 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 20:14
| Can any of these vegetables cross? I would be most happy if all of them would stay the same for next years garden, in other words I don't want any hybrids next year.
Moon and Stars Watermelon
Birdhouse Gourd
Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo) World record variety
Yellow straightneck squash
Pumpkin 'Jack O'Lantern'
Parsley 'Moss Curled'
Spinach 'Melody Hybrid'
Cherokee Wax Bean (Yellow Bush)
Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean
Blue Lake #274 Bush Garden Bean
Any help would be appreciated.
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RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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I found the answers in another post.
The Bean crosses would be rare.
But the squash and the pumpkin can cross easy.
The others can't cross. |
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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If I am not mistaken the gourd can also cross with the squash and pumpkin and probably the watermelon.
James |
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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| no the watermelon will not cross with anything . The beans can cross with each other but they are inbreeders so it would be uncommon. Ornamental gourds will crossbred with pumpkins and squash . but I do not think bird house crosses with summer squash , Maybe winter squash though. and the squash and pumpkin can cross breed . |
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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| Can a mustard seed be cross with any other seed? |
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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| grhrtn, mustard is in the large Brassica family. I don't know what it will easily cross with, but the family includes broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, radish, and cabbage. It won't breed easily, but there is even an effort at the University of Idaho to cross mustard with canola to get mustard's good growing characteristics with a higher quality oil. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Encyclopedia: Mustard
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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| As far as pumpkins and squash this is a site that I found when wondering what I can cross some Atlantic Giants with. They are C.Maxima, but as you can see at the end of the report it shows the species and cultivar. I am not a geneticist, but I believe you can cross plants in the same species. So take a look and see. Look to the end of the article as it is a bit drawn out for your purposes. http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/squash95.pdf |
Here is a link that might be useful: squash report
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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Cultivated beans can self-pollinate, but will cross if given the chance. If we raise only one strain, the crossing isn't apparent.
W J Beal raised crossed wax beans back in 1879, and noted their superiority over uncrossed plants.
http://www.bulbnrose.org/Heredity/Beal1879.html
Karl |
Here is a link that might be useful: CybeRose & Bulbs
RE: Can any of these vegetables cross?
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| Here's an interesting article describing which cukes, squash, melons, pumpkins etc. can and cannot cross. http://www.walterreeves.com/food-gardening/squashpumpkincucumberwatermelon-pollination-explanation/ |
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