How to Hybridize Violets
Did you ever think you could cross pollinate two violets and maybe make a whole bunch of little seedlings to create a new unique violet? Well you can but it would take you a while. What you have to do is first decide which two plants you want to cross.
Then you follow the rule, " old man, young woman". Take the anthers of the older flower and cut them open. This is the father plant. Take the pollen and simply rub it on the stigma of the mother plant flowers. Young flowers that have just opened up will be sticky on the end of the stigma and hold the pollen better. Try to do this several times on flowers of the same stalk.
Then mark the stalk by tying a string around it so you don't pick it off. When the flowers from this stalk fade, if you were successful, a pod should form. Let it grow for a couple of months, then pick it off and put it in a warm dry place to finish drying.
After about 6 months you can sow the seed on top of a tray of dirt and wait for your seedlings to appear. When the seedlings get big enough, transplant them into individual 3 oz cups and grow them. You might want to keep anywhere from 50 - 200 seedlings if you have that many. It's up to you. The more you sow, the more new varieties you will have to choose from when they bloom.
Pick your best combination of bloomers and compare them to other registered violets to see if they are unique. Take each of these violets through at least 3 generations of leaf propagation to make sure the violet is stable and holds true to the seedling. You are now a hybridizer!
After that, you can submit them to AVSA for registration. You may be accepted or denied if they are too close to someone else's hybrid. You will need a lot of patience to be a hybridizer.
If you should create something unique, you can name it and propagate it whether it is registered or not. It's yours.
Then you follow the rule, " old man, young woman". Take the anthers of the older flower and cut them open. This is the father plant. Take the pollen and simply rub it on the stigma of the mother plant flowers. Young flowers that have just opened up will be sticky on the end of the stigma and hold the pollen better. Try to do this several times on flowers of the same stalk.
Then mark the stalk by tying a string around it so you don't pick it off. When the flowers from this stalk fade, if you were successful, a pod should form. Let it grow for a couple of months, then pick it off and put it in a warm dry place to finish drying.
After about 6 months you can sow the seed on top of a tray of dirt and wait for your seedlings to appear. When the seedlings get big enough, transplant them into individual 3 oz cups and grow them. You might want to keep anywhere from 50 - 200 seedlings if you have that many. It's up to you. The more you sow, the more new varieties you will have to choose from when they bloom.
Pick your best combination of bloomers and compare them to other registered violets to see if they are unique. Take each of these violets through at least 3 generations of leaf propagation to make sure the violet is stable and holds true to the seedling. You are now a hybridizer!
After that, you can submit them to AVSA for registration. You may be accepted or denied if they are too close to someone else's hybrid. You will need a lot of patience to be a hybridizer.
If you should create something unique, you can name it and propagate it whether it is registered or not. It's yours.
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