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cross breedin 2 dif speces of plants
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Posted by icedearth4562 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 27, 04 at 17:00
| i want to konw if it is possibale to cross breed and pumkin plant together with a sqwash plant they are very alike some please tell me! thank you. |
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RE: cross breedin 2 dif speces of plants
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| They are the same genus, and most likely quite compatible...a fair amount of breeding has been done between the assorted squash/pumpkin species. |
RE: cross breedin 2 dif speces of plants
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Pumpkins are just a color and shape of squash. Most are in C. pepo, with most summer squash. It seems Acorn squash is also in C. pepo. So is Vegetable Spaghetti. Those should all cross with most pumpkins. But some pumpkins are in other species, with Butternut or such winter squash. The 4 species of squash do cross some, so you still have a chance of success no matter what squash you are trying with what pumpkin. But some are easy and some haven't worked yet.
Try it and see what happens.
Walter |
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