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I'm wondering what the reasons are for sibbing or selfing a seed. Is it to get a more inbred strain of seed to cross with another not very related, inbred strain, to create some hybrid vigor?
If I'm correct, the 735 Pukos is a 846 Calai X self. It has proven itself well.
Are selfing and sibbing done for the same reasons? Is one preferred over the other?

Doug

8/12/2004 1:09:01 AM

Cincinnati,OH

All the seeds from the same pumpkin are very similar but not perfectly identical. The purpose of sibbing is to mix the genes from a particular cross more thouroughly so that the offspring give a more consistent result. Selfing would give you an even more isolated mix of genes from the one particular seed that you grew.

8/12/2004 8:33:12 PM