X-ray Mutagenesis on Poppy
12/22/19
I exposed a large number of poppy seed from my collection from breadseed poppies that I've grown in the past. The supply was settled at 3v and the duration was about 3 minutes.
01/11/20
Some germination maybe spotted, I'm tempted to try and setup a macro time-lapse out there.
01/20/20
Here's a picture of one of the little guys:
1/24: not too much more germination or growth apparent, nothing looks mutated yet either.
03/04/20
Nothing too exciting to report besides it looks like a snail got one of my prized mutants, but it looks like there might be some interesting ones that will make it to flowering. I planted a patch of unexposed seeds to have a control as well.
Here's a pic from 2/18:
05/09/20
It looks like only one poppy survived:
There were two... but the smaller one just disappeared... might be a little shop of horrors thing going on here.
Tags: xray