What Is Used To Grow Seedless Fruit?

[Matthew3590]

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Now that would be neat if it worked to produce hens..... I know, I know the PETA people are gonna be after me.

You might be thinking of estrogen.

 

[deerman]

Grafts or cuttings.

Seedless grapes....start the plants from cuttings...Some trees you can ,but most are grafts'

Myself I have grafted as many as 5 different apples on one tree.

 

[Tracydr]

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Now that would be neat if it worked to produce hens..... I know, I know the PETA people are gonna be after me.

Now why would you want seedless hens?

 

[Illia]

Like said - Grafts, cuttings, depends on species.


Bananas for example are done either from tissue cut from a mother plant and grown in a lab or "pups," suckers that grow from the base of a mother/adult plant. A banana can produce several "pups" in its 1-2 year lifespan, all of which can be transplanted and grown as a separate plant.

 

[FarmerGrant011]

They are grafted! The most fun thing to do with citrus trees!

 

[deerman]

yes grafts are fun to make....plums and peaches on same tree. apple tree with all the type of apples you like.

 

[pokey]

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Now that would be neat if it worked to produce hens..... I know, I know the PETA people are gonna be after me.

Now why would you want seedless hens?

Not necessarily thinking seedless hens, thinking if you could put a chemical on a egg to make it female not male.out of all the traits we breed chickens for someone needs to breed one that doesn't crow, or find a way to select for the sex of the chick.didnt mean to hijack the thread btw.

 

[woodmort]

Basically there are two ways to produce seedless fruit. One is to have a "sport" tree that, while it came from a seed, produces seedless fruit. You then use vegetative propagation through cuttings or grafting on other trees of the same species to produce more trees. This is how naval oranges and Clementines are produced--although on occasion the fruit reverts. The other is through breeding. Some crosses produce plants that have sterile fruit--this is the way seedless melons are produced. Usually the flowers that develop into the fruit are lacking parts that prohibit complete fertilization. The plant is fooled into thinking it is producing protection for seeds that do not develop. Often the fruit does have "seeds"--you will often find immature seeds in seedless melons. It is also possible to produce seedless fruit by use of chemical inhibitors--kind of plant birth control--but. last I knew, it was too expensive to do commercially.

BTW, I messed around growing tomatoes in my greenhouse but, because the flowers didn't get pollinated, the resulting fruit was seedless. They were also very small. The big commercial greenhouses actually have resident bees to take care of this.

 

[deerman]

There is also a seedless ash tree......created here in Ohio....These are produce with grafts....also a thornless locust tree...created at the same nursery i worked at when i was in my teens.

 

[EweSheep]

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Is there a such a thing called seedless sweet gumball tree?????? I got one out there in my front yard and I HATED the ball seeds everywhere but excellent for shade!