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| 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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- Posted by treeguy123 AL 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 22:22
| 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. |
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- Posted by jamesmaloy 8fl. (My Page) on Thu, Feb 26, 09 at 21:53
| If I am not mistaken the gourd can also cross with the squash and pumpkin and probably the watermelon. James |
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- Posted by farmfreedom (My Page) on Wed, Mar 11, 09 at 13:55
| 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 . |
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| Can a mustard seed be cross with any other seed? |
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- Posted by mistercross z6b Ozarks (My Page) on Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 17:54
| 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
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- Posted by jayroot 5 (powell_j_79@yahoo.com) on Fri, Aug 7, 09 at 21:30
| 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
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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
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- Posted by beachwreck 9a (My Page) on Tue, Jul 19, 11 at 16:19
| Here's an interesting article describing which cukes, squash, melons, pumpkins etc. can and cannot cross. http://www.walterreeves.com/food-gardening/squashpumpkincucumberwaterm elon-pollination-explanation/ |
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