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Petronius_II · February 13, 2012

I admire your rigorous devotion to the scientific method.

I don't know if your tests, as you've described them, will provide enough significant data to figure out if the phenotype is due to genetics, culture/environment, or some interesting interaction between the two. Out of curiosity: Have you been growing your Cal Reds from saved seed, or commercial?

I was trying to rule out, if we could, the possibility of an intra-genus cross with some other species of allium, but I'm guessing now, that hypothesis may still be on the table?

February 13, 2012	#35
Petronius_II Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Albuquerque, NM - Zone 7a Posts: 209	I admire your rigorous devotion to the scientific method. I don't know if your tests, as you've described them, will provide enough significant data to figure out if the phenotype is due to genetics, culture/environment, or some interesting interaction between the two. Out of curiosity: Have you been growing your Cal Reds from saved seed, or commercial? I was trying to rule out, if we could, the possibility of an intra-genus cross with some other species of allium, but I'm guessing now, that hypothesis may still be on the table?