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Originally Posted by mrbungalow
Excellent info Keith! Can't wait for your page to be finished.
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I know, I know, heck it has taken me years to get this far . . .
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I failed miserably with my TC-trials this winter, but I suspect the explants were too small, and too weak. (Basically seedlings that have been sitting in the dark). I will have plenty of strong suckers in August-september to try.
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Use larger source materials. The greater the distance from the outside to the meristem, the less the contamination - as a rule. And harvest the suckers shortly before you use them, sitting around invited contamination.
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Would you say some species are easier to TC than others?
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Yes, and different groups behave differently. Plantains tend to form cormlets, where dessert bananas tend to form shoots. Some are very slow, others proliferate with abandon.
Keith