Squash with polyembryonie

[Adrian]

One of my squash has germinate with two heads.
Selected sqhashs with many embryons by seeds is a good idea?
The two embryons are of the same variety?
Can i get stranger things if i cross this plant?





Thank you for your experience

[Carol Deppe]

Grow some more plants from it and see if their offspring are more inclined to make two tops. It's possible that it arose only by a nongenetic accident. Just like people and other vertebrates sometimes have two heads.

If you had a line with two tops to the plant, would that have any advantages? Maybe. If the soil is rocky having two heads might work better because when the plant has one growing shoot, if that shoot is under a rock the plant dies. If there are lots of critters nipping off plant shoots it might help to have two. However, it's probably usually best for the seed to put all its energy into one strong shoot that grows as fast as possible and is strong enough to push small rocks out of the way.

As plant breeders we often don't know when something new turns up whether it is genetic and if so, whether it is good for anything. We have to play with it a bit to find out.

[Adrian]

The plant with polyembryonie is a F2 of blue kury x Tetsukabuto