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charley · February 1, 2017

ok im kina new at this i have a cross of earl faux and cherokee green f 1 seeds started .do i want to cross back to the earl faux so that i will have more potato leaf recessive plant to look for in the f2s and if so will it make it more difficult to find a green wr potato leaf.also i would like to know what i might expect to see from the cross also any other advice for plant selection what to look for .its to my under standing that if i get potato leaf and large tomatoes they are both recessive genes then it will have less segregation in the following grow outs?or is it that i would be more app not to lose a certian gene i want.i dont know this whole thing is confusing.help

February 1, 2017	#1
charley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: copperas cove TEXAS Posts: 637	selction of plants ok im kina new at this i have a cross of earl faux and cherokee green f 1 seeds started .do i want to cross back to the earl faux so that i will have more potato leaf recessive plant to look for in the f2s and if so will it make it more difficult to find a green wr potato leaf.also i would like to know what i might expect to see from the cross also any other advice for plant selection what to look for .its to my under standing that if i get potato leaf and large tomatoes they are both recessive genes then it will have less segregation in the following grow outs?or is it that i would be more app not to lose a certian gene i want.i dont know this whole thing is confusing.help Last edited by charley; February 1, 2017 at 05:36 PM.