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Fred Hempel · December 31, 2015

You can name a hybrid whenever you want to.

But if you want to share your hybrid -- you will need to share only F1 seed from a cross you make. This will greatly limit your sharing, until you master crossing.

You can't share a hybrid by saving seed from a hybrid. It won't be a hybrid anymore.

Also, before you share your hybrid, it would be good if you grow out a decent sized population of the seed you think is hybrid seed -- to make sure you really have the crossing/hybrid-making process down.

December 31, 2015	#9
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	You can name a hybrid whenever you want to. But if you want to share your hybrid -- you will need to share only F1 seed from a cross you make. This will greatly limit your sharing, until you master crossing. You can't share a hybrid by saving seed from a hybrid. It won't be a hybrid anymore. Also, before you share your hybrid, it would be good if you grow out a decent sized population of the seed you think is hybrid seed -- to make sure you really have the crossing/hybrid-making process down.