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Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: mark smyth on April 13, 2014, 10:10:18 AM

Title: Breeding Pimroses
Post by: mark smyth on April 13, 2014, 10:10:18 AM

Does anyone know if primroses can be self/hand pollinated? Must it be thrum x pin eyed or can I do thrum x thrum / pin eyed x pin eyed?

Title: Re: Breeding Pimroses
Post by: David Nicholson on April 13, 2014, 11:03:17 AM

You can do thrum/thrum and pin/pin but I read it's frowned upon in breeding circles as not being natural! (source: Peter Ward, Primroses and Polyanthus Batsford 1997. Natural way is pin for seed parent and thrum for pollen.

Title: Re: Breeding Pimroses
Post by: mark smyth on April 13, 2014, 11:28:37 AM

Thanks. I need to self my vulgaris Irish Cream

Title: Re: Breeding Pimroses
Post by: mark smyth on April 14, 2014, 03:24:51 PM

When I pulled my plant apart there must have been a second plant. I see today I have pin eyed and thrum eyed