Hi,
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
My GM only produces VM, no GM or WM, now this might not fit with your above salesman discussions but any help might help.
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If a green banana plant only produces variegated pups, then it was not a fully-green plant. Its more clear if you think of pups as branches: then a green plant with variegated branches is not a green plant.
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
How many GM/VM/WM are you growing?
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I am not growing them, just interested in that myth you mentioned on the difficulties in propagating them. Would like to make a try in TC, anyway.
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
I think it would be great if you would do a thread on step by step tcing.
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Do you mean the whole process from shoot tip excision, disinfection, washing, in vitro multiplication, divisions, ...? I guess it should be already posted, even in this subforum...?
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
I've often wondered how many quality plantlets can an average size banana donor plant produce.
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Banana TC is normally initiated from shoot tips, so there is 1 per single plant. It is also possible to initiate cultures from male buds, but this method is not routinelly used. If the question was about the number of plants that can be produced from a single plant, then there is not conclusive answer. In theory, you can keep on multiplying. In commercial TC it is not recomended to exceed 1000 plants per single donor in order to reduce the risks of producing mutated plants.
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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
Welcome Aboard, I'm very glad you decided to join the Org.
We really do need some quality teachers.
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Thanks. Instead of teaching, I would prefer to call it share of knowledge, experiences and ideas from both sides. Glad to be here and learn from you too.