PL trait not appearing in supposed AGG cross

scottfsmith · March 4, 2006

I saved seed from what I thought was an Aunt Gerties Gold cross that I grew out last year. The supposed cross was a RL, red-orange tomato that came from my AGG seeds. Well, I have 9 seedlings so far and none of them look PL, all look RL. That means I almost surely didn't have an AGG cross last year, because if I did I should be seeing 1/4 PL, right? I guess the odds are something like 1/5 that I just didn't grow out enough plants, but 4/5 that it was not an AGG cross that I had last year. So its looking like I just had a seed mixup? The only other thing I can think of is the tomato I saved seed from was itself pollinated by a RL, meaning only 1/16(?) would be PL. Thats also pretty unlikely...

Scott

March 4, 2006	#1
scottfsmith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 53	PL trait not appearing in supposed AGG cross I saved seed from what I thought was an Aunt Gerties Gold cross that I grew out last year. The supposed cross was a RL, red-orange tomato that came from my AGG seeds. Well, I have 9 seedlings so far and none of them look PL, all look RL. That means I almost surely didn't have an AGG cross last year, because if I did I should be seeing 1/4 PL, right? I guess the odds are something like 1/5 that I just didn't grow out enough plants, but 4/5 that it was not an AGG cross that I had last year. So its looking like I just had a seed mixup? The only other thing I can think of is the tomato I saved seed from was itself pollinated by a RL, meaning only 1/16(?) would be PL. Thats also pretty unlikely... Scott