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Jasonlee247
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ok, So I made a happy mistake, Bob Ross style. I took all of the plants out of veg for a byweekly prune, and Papaya 'mom' was chilling in the far back corner, so I got to it last. After pruning the other moms I got papaya1 out to prune, and low and behold she turns out to be a HE. Thats right, MALE. When I sexed the 2 papayas I used a magnifier like usual a while back, and what I thought was a pistil was actually a horn on what grew out to be male flower. WOOHOO!! so I pruned HIM way back, and threw it into the breeding chamber right then.
It's funny how this happened. The papaya 1 pheno is the better of the 2 IMO, hardier, stronger, smellier, and stickier, also is the one with the somewhat polyploidal tendancies. so for that one to turn out male is the best of all possible scenarios with the Papaya. I also have a clone of him that I took out of the dome and transplanted on saturday to keep for future breeding if I like how he turns out.
Since I already have a cindy99 in the breeding cabinet and she's been treated for self pollination I'll also breed papaya into her and call her a mixed genetics. If all goes well I'll be collecting pollen from Papaya1 for selective pollination on the girls in bloom now, and to store in the freezer for later.
I'll take some pics later tonight and try to have them up shortly.
ok, So I made a happy mistake, Bob Ross style. I took all of the plants out of veg for a byweekly prune, and Papaya 'mom' was chilling in the far back corner, so I got to it last. After pruning the other moms I got papaya1 out to prune, and low and behold she turns out to be a HE. Thats right, MALE. When I sexed the 2 papayas I used a magnifier like usual a while back, and what I thought was a pistil was actually a horn on what grew out to be male flower. WOOHOO!! so I pruned HIM way back, and threw it into the breeding chamber right then.
It's funny how this happened. The papaya 1 pheno is the better of the 2 IMO, hardier, stronger, smellier, and stickier, also is the one with the somewhat polyploidal tendancies. so for that one to turn out male is the best of all possible scenarios with the Papaya. I also have a clone of him that I took out of the dome and transplanted on saturday to keep for future breeding if I like how he turns out.
Since I already have a cindy99 in the breeding cabinet and she's been treated for self pollination I'll also breed papaya into her and call her a mixed genetics. If all goes well I'll be collecting pollen from Papaya1 for selective pollination on the girls in bloom now, and to store in the freezer for later.
I'll take some pics later tonight and try to have them up shortly.