First Time Hand Crossing
A couple of weeks ago I attended Fred Hempel's tomato breeding workshop. I'd heard Fred speak at the Heirloom Festival before so I had high expectations, and I wasn't disappointed.
The hands on demo was exactly what I needed. I've now tried several crosses, and so far none of the blossoms have aborted. I can't wait for the fruits to swell so I know whether or not the crosses actually took. If any produce fruit I'll post photos and details on the parents.
So far I've used Japanese Black Trifele (PL) as the female for each of my attempts and all RL males so I can tell if any potential F1 seedlings are actually the result of self-pollination.
Sean
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