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What does line-breeding actually mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="tnyr5" data-source="post: 731538" data-attributes="member: 38671"><p>A few more things to consider before line breeding:</p><p>- In my opinion, both parents must bring something exceptional to the table, otherwise you're just wasting time waiting for lightning to strike. Reserve selfings for the one-of-a-kind outliers and the magic breeders that turn all their offspring to gold. You need superior traits for which to select. This was touched on by others as well. Be honest with yourself about how good they really are & be unflinching in your standards. There is no room for a parent's love when selecting broodstock.</p><p></p><p>- You're going to want to raise <em>at least</em> 100 of each generation, and that's after discarding runts and poor performers. That means you'll want to deflask around 300 plants and keep the fastest third, if you're breeding for speed. </p><p></p><p>- Know the standard and know what already exists. Nothing could be worse than doing 5 generations of line breeding, only to have them easily outclassed by an ex-collected plant. There's very little point in breeding 12cm flowers if someone else is producing ones that are 15, for example.</p><p>Which ties into:</p><p>- You're doing a Cattleya, and a tough one at that. <strong>THIS NEEDS TO BE WORTH 50 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE TO YOU LOL. </strong>I'm not really exaggerating. Plan on at least 6 generations before you start to see entire grexes that are consistent.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I'm with Littlefrog. Find someone with an unrelated plant that's as good or better than yours and make an outcross first. The resulting hybrid vigor will blow anything you can do in the first few generations out of the water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tnyr5, post: 731538, member: 38671"] A few more things to consider before line breeding: - In my opinion, both parents must bring something exceptional to the table, otherwise you're just wasting time waiting for lightning to strike. Reserve selfings for the one-of-a-kind outliers and the magic breeders that turn all their offspring to gold. You need superior traits for which to select. This was touched on by others as well. Be honest with yourself about how good they really are & be unflinching in your standards. There is no room for a parent's love when selecting broodstock. - You're going to want to raise [I]at least[/I] 100 of each generation, and that's after discarding runts and poor performers. That means you'll want to deflask around 300 plants and keep the fastest third, if you're breeding for speed. - Know the standard and know what already exists. Nothing could be worse than doing 5 generations of line breeding, only to have them easily outclassed by an ex-collected plant. There's very little point in breeding 12cm flowers if someone else is producing ones that are 15, for example. Which ties into: - You're doing a Cattleya, and a tough one at that. [B]THIS NEEDS TO BE WORTH 50 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE TO YOU LOL. [/B]I'm not really exaggerating. Plan on at least 6 generations before you start to see entire grexes that are consistent. Personally, I'm with Littlefrog. Find someone with an unrelated plant that's as good or better than yours and make an outcross first. The resulting hybrid vigor will blow anything you can do in the first few generations out of the water. [/QUOTE]
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