Hi,
I present you my project with tetsukabuto
The project is to combinated the taste of violino rogosa and the pulpit of tetsukabuto in a more early variety.
This project has giving exceptionnals things but he is very difficult to stabilisated
Some seeds have a lot of difficulties to germinated
For this year i will crossed F2 and F3 of (Violino rugosa x waltham) x (violino rugosa x tetsukabuto)
Hi Adrian, great to hear from you. I’ve got 2 questions :
I’m interested for 2 reasons:
Until now my crosses haven’t been directional in the sense that I have no clue of parents : one share of my 2024 Tetsus were in my moschata patch, the other in my maxima patch, and reversely in 2025. I still have seeds of 2024 and 2025 fruits if interested.
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* what has been exceptional ?
First exeptionnal thing: -a dry and very sweet pulpit in fruits up to 6kg.
* why do you want stabilize this cross?
Transfered it this taste and the carachteristics of pulpits at more early plants adapted at less propices climates.
A optional objective is to crossed one of thoses plants with a other maxima
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You right F2 are very weak.
Eaven this year i note that some seeds have great difficulties to germinated.Some of my seed seem don’t have collar between the root and the cotyledons.
My observation:One generation can be very strong and the next generation not sufficiently vigorous for to be able to give a fruit
Small advice: If you want take a maxima in your cross, take a blue maxima
Thanks Adrian 
Why a blue maxima as pollen donor in an interspecific cross to come?
A blue maxima has a conservation near of a moschata and the carachteristics of tetsukabuto are dominants.
Exemple of crossbreeding between blue kury and tetsukabuto
One of my seedling F2 between blue kury x tetsukabuto seem have two heads
Have you already seeing that
Firsts squashs of the season:
(Violino rugosa x waltham)x(violino rugosa x tetsukabuto) F2 at right and F3, they will be crossed together this year
Others sqhashs of the project blue kury x tetsukabuto
In front of the F2 with two shot of blue kury x tetsukabuto
Behind blue kury x (blue kury x tetsukabuto) but the collar seem dark green for a maxima genetic
Picture of my two shot squash, they can growed together or i must separated them? If don’t know if two plants are able to be synchronised
My F2 between (violino rugosa x waltham) x (violino rugosa x tetsukabuto)F2 who has germinate in one month.I donnt know what he will given.Never seen a so stranger plant but she is alive.
The two F3 and the F2 of (violino rugosa x tetsukabuto) x (violino rugosa) in full ground.
For the sélection conditions they must resisted at strongs rains and at chocking root with nights at 5°C 41°F.
The F3 in the second picture seem the most tolerant at my conditions.
The F3 seem globaly more strong than the F2.
I dont understand why the olds leafs are wilty.
(Violina x waltham) X (violina x tetsukabuto)F3
This plant is issue of a blue kury seed, she seem have some moschata carachteristics
Some news of the plant with two shots
She has grow a second leaf
Some news of the plant:
The apical meristem seem stranger
The epicotyle seem long
This plant has one fruit at each inter-node.
He is issue of a blue kury seed,she seem have some carachteristics of moschata
The squashs will soon be hang!
The F3 seem more strong than the F2
(Violina x waltham) x (violina x Tetsukabuto)F3
(Violina x waltham) X (violina x Tetsukabuto)F2
Some news of the plants:
They made great leafs with a lot of ramifications but little of male flowers.They can give fruits up to mid-september. They was fertilisated with a mix of 1/3 of worm humus, 1/3 of compost znd 1/3 of potting soil.
Some plants seem a little late but ours heatwaves was bad for them.
(Violina x waltham) x (violina x Tetsukabuto)F3
(Violina x waltham) x (violina x Tetsukabuto) F2
First fruit for blue kury x (blue kury x tetsukabuto), i don’t know if it will be fecondated.It was fecondated with a male flower of my plant with two heads.
The real objective was to crossed that with one of my F2 or F3 of (violina x waltham) x ( violina x Tetsukabuto) but the male flowers are not ready.
Second pollinisation test with blue kury x ( blue kury x tetsukabuto)
The male flower was dip in a small water container one night before to be open.I have note that the dip male flowers are more rich in pollen than the males flowers in the plant.
I have choose my squash with two heads as male parent
Can i transmitted the polyembryonie at the nexts generations? It seem very cool
