Viewing post #1761536 by kidfishing

Daniel,
We do have some seedlings from the tet conversions but they have been difficult to use. Our conversions are not reliable in general. It could be that not all pollen is tetraploid. Possibly the conversions still send up diploid scapes. I don't get into scientific evaluation of the pollen, although this could be done. We just dab it on other flowers to try and get viable seeds. In general our conversions are not very good garden plants. The best converted plant we have is tet Skinwalker but so far no seed pods on it or from the pollen. There has been no change over time as we get very few pods from the conversions. One thing that has happened, since the pollinations are not successful it makes us not want to use them. If the goal is to get seeds then why use something that is successful one out of a hundred. Better to use the blooms with something that gives a better chance of setting seeds.
I have decided the best way to go is to get a plant from the conversion that you want to use. Your genetics are a little diluted but reliable. We do have 3 seedlings from crossing Tet Texas Kaleidoscope with Tet Super Fancy Face. Considering these are reliable tetraploids, we now use them rather than the parents. Here they are.







We also purchased a plant registerd from Tet Colorful Etchings and another registered from Tet Rose F Kennedy. We dedided this would be better than getting the conversions.