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Old May 7, 2015   #24
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Originally Posted by Fusion_power View Post
Does this mean we get to eat our mistakes? I saw a bumper sticker a few months ago that said "in case of _______, eat the kids first!". Substitute your favorite disaster in the blank.

I have 46 plants of a Sunlucky line growing in the garden in hopes this particular group will be the ephemeral much desired stable cross that produces super sweet bicolor fruit the size and shape of an egg. It takes a LOT of space to do significant selection for fruit traits.
I was thinking about that, that you'd need to grow out a lot to verify a stable OP for release, after the seven year selfing, and the selection of the fruit traits which also takes more space.

I hope you got it, but if not... you're going to need some help to eat all those mistakes.
I'd love to know more about the process of taste testing 46 similar or identical fruit... you should make a video.
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