SeanInVa's 150X F2s

[SeanInVa]

Just a few quick shots with the wife's camera. More to come soon

150X F2 T2C5-3


150X F2 T2C5-5

[SeanInVa]

All the 150X's that have survived out of 72 seeds started

150X-F2-T2C1-7

150X-F2-T2C3-3

150X-F2-T2C3-5

150X-F2-T2C3-7

150X-F2-T2C3-12

150X-F2-T2C4-3

150X-F2-T2C4-6

150X-F2-T2C4-12

150X-F2-T2C5-1

150X-F2-T2C5-2

150X-F2-T2C5-3

150X-F2-T2C5-5

150X-F2-T2C5-7

150X-F2-T2C6-8

150X-F2-T2C6-11

[SeanInVa]

150X-F2-T2C5-3
has been the most impressive in terms of plant growth/sturdiness.

150X-F2-T2C5-1
Looks to be multi-flora. Hard to tell from pics. Look towards the bottom of the main stalk and there is another cluster about to erupt

[Diane Whitehead]

Survived? or allowed to keep growing?

When did you start these, Sean?

[SeanInVa]

Survived? or allowed to keep growing?

When did you start these, Sean?

Allowed to keep growing. The ones I culled were not dead, but they were not thriving by any means. Stunted, sickly, etc.

Apparently I neglected to record actual sow date, but it would have been between Nov 1-Nov6 2019.

[Diane Whitehead]

Yes, mine that are currently flowering and fruiting were started about the same time and moved into pots at Christmas.

[SeanInVa]

A couple more. These two seem to have a similar growth habit

[dfollett]

Some send up a single main stem and others split very early and have two (sometimes 3) main stems. Is that a heritable property? I've never tracked it to see. Other traits equal, I keep the single stem over the others.

[SeanInVa]

Some more recent pics and notes
T2C3-7
17" with 2 main stems and regular leaves. Fruit looks to be medium hearts? Decent fruit set and needs support


T2C3-12
16" thick and bushy but with a mostly vertical habit and regular leaves. Super late on flowering and fruit set, but evidence of good pollination (swollen ovaries)


T2C4-3
8" with 3 main stems and regular leaves. Average flowering and "ok" fruit set. Fruit are medium-large cherries


T2C4-12
7-8" thick and bushy plant with regular leaves. Low fruit set early on, but better with time (environmental, most likely). Had some stem die back. Small hearts


T2C5-1
18" with one main stem and regular leaves. Massively Multi Flora and needs support. Low fruit set so far, but indication it may increase. Top has the main flower trusses, with a smaller explosion from the bottom


T2C5-2
24" with 2 main stems and regular leaves. Good fruit set of small to medium sized nippled cherries


T2C5-3
16" thick and bushy with regular leaves. Some lower flowers, but mostly flowering at the top of the plant. Average fruit set of small to medium sized nippled cherries


T2C5-5
18" with one main stem and regular leaves. Multi-Flora-ish with good fruit set of small-medium nippled cherries


T2C6-8
6-7" 2+ main stems with carrot leaves. Not a ton of flowers, but good fruit set on whats there. Medium nippled cherries.


T2C6-11
9" with one main stem and regular leaves. Tree-like growth and bushy. Poor fruit set of small-medium nippled cherries

[SeanInVa]

Of these, the ones I am flagging to focus on moving forward (with updated picture(s)) - the taste on most of these are varying ranges of "good".

T2C4-3 - up to about 9". Fits the "true micro" goal


T2C4-12 - 8-9" Another "true micro"


T2C5-1 - 18+" - MMF. Still waiting to see how much fruit sets. Notice this one has been up-potted from the 6" containers.


T2C5-5 - 18" - MF and decent fruit size considering that it's a MF (not MMF like T2C5-1). This one needs an up-potting or root prune. It's root bound, and I've neglected to keep it watered well because of this - as evidenced by the yellowing. It also needs better support as the pot wants to tip.



T2C6-8 - 8-9" "true micro"


T2C6-11 - 10-11" another "true micro". This one grew outwards a bit more heavily with multiple stems. It needs better support (and more food)


There is another one I may save from, because the taste was pretty good even if the plant itself wasn't very impressive - T2C5-3.

[SeanInVa]

Right now, I have a few of two different F3s growing.

150X F3 T2C5-1
The F2 was crazy multi-flora. Both of these look to be MF but not in the same way. We'll see how they progress.


150X F3 T2C4-12
The F2 was a small, 8-inch plant. Am observing two growth habits so far. One is more bushy, and the other is very compact. Fruit size is decent, golf-ball size.

First growth habit


Second growth habit


Some fruits

[SeanInVa]

The bushy/wide growth habit on the 150X T2C412 plants seems to be the ones with the most fruits. Plant 1 has ~30 fruits so far, and 6 has ~45. Also, plant 3, which is the more compact growth habit, has the first ripe fruit

[SeanInVa]

Pulled that first ripe fruit from T2C4-12-3 today. Good flavor, wife really liked it.

The two T2C5-1 plants are really starting to blossom - here's one of them