Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Happy accidents of the homestead seed saver. When I most recently saved seed from this Tatsoi, I clearly had a small amount of outcrossing with a pac choi that I was saving seed from relatively nearby. Out of 200 plants or so, I had 5 show up as crosses. This video just demonstrates visually selecting an off-type plant and deciding to save them for seed.
Pac choi and tatsoi are Brassica rapa, they have a diploid genome and are self incompatible, so I need at least two of these F1 plants to survive in order to get viable seed. If all four plants survive then I should have great harvest of seed and a strong foundation for a new vegetable variety, assuming the F2 and further generations are similar to these F1 plants so that I can select for this plant style.
The other four plants in the nursery bed are Brassica juncea, wich is polyploidy, and is very capable of self pollination. I would be able to get a decent harvest of seed even if only one of the plants survives.
Happy accidents of the homestead seed saver. When I most recently saved seed from this Tatsoi, I clearly had a small amount of outcrossing with a pac choi that I was saving seed from relatively nearby. Out of 200 plants or so, I had 5 show up as crosses. This video just demonstrates visually selecting an off-type plant and deciding to save them for seed.
Pac choi and tatsoi are Brassica rapa, they have a diploid genome and are self incompatible, so I need at least two of these F1 plants to survive in order to get viable seed. If all four plants survive then I should have great harvest of seed and a strong foundation for a new vegetable variety, assuming the F2 and further generations are similar to these F1 plants so that I can select for this plant style.
The other four plants in the nursery bed are Brassica juncea, wich is polyploidy, and is very capable of self pollination. I would be able to get a decent harvest of seed even if only one of the plants survives.
