If the grapes produced are seedless then how do you grow the next generation?
2007-01-23 09:35:39 · 14 answers · asked by Ade 1 in Environment
Grafts. Most fruits are propagated that way. They are clones.
2007-01-23 09:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Seedless Grapes are not a conundrum.
They are are marketed misconception.
Next time you get some, take the time to break one open and look for the seeds.
They will be within the jelly-like substance in the middle. They are admittedly very small and not developed but they ARE there.
So called Seedless Grapes are actually the 'offspring' of 2 separate vines that cannot 'fertilise' each other. The result is a grape that grows but stalls at the seed producing stage.
Each successive generation is grown from 'fresh' vines.
If the Seedless ones actually grew seeds then they would be, essentially, tiny weights and not much more.
The principle is similar to potatoes. If you grew a mix of two 'breeds' (like the shop bought varieties), you would grow a crop of potatoes. The potatoes produced would be fine but the following generation would be foul tasting and would poison the ground they lie in as the 'defences' in each type would basically fight each other to a poisonous pulp (or should that be mash!)
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2007-01-23 09:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called asexual propogation... and I don't know for sure how they do it other than cuttings and and grafting. Which insures that you as the consumer are not able to reproduce the variety of grape you just so thoroughly enjoyed. There is another term which at this moment escapes me. But gee I love those seedless grapes!
2007-01-23 09:40:49 · answer #3 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The seedless grapes occurred naturally and part of the plant has been grafted onto many many plants to produce large numbers of them. In effect they have been cloned.
I don't think Kyle M's answer is right but I'd like to see any references he might provide.
2007-01-23 09:39:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can you really use a seedless grape as a conundrum???.
I don't see this working too well, so I think that I will stick to the rubber ones.Thanks for the tip.( ohhhhh)
2007-01-23 09:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by robert w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares - the only grapes I need are the ones that go into wine making and thank god they're not seedless
2007-01-23 09:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by kimbridge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am gald you have asked that, i have been studying that in great depth for years, im doing a degree in grapeology in London, ive heard it on the grapevine, that im just about to lose my mind....baby baby ohhhhhhhhh. Can i come and visit, i will bring a bunch of grapes would you prefer seeded or unseeded? Green or red or black? look forward to it babez xXxXx
2007-01-23 09:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by sexy_q&a_princess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they get them from specifically bred/genetically modified planets that DO produce seeds, but seeds for seedless plants IIRC.
its kinda like If you mix lions and tigers you get a liger, but ligers are sterile, yet we still have them, dont we?
2007-01-23 09:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could say the same thing about mules but there is always plenty of them around.
2007-01-23 10:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask Monsanto.
that's their aim.
control the food
control the world.
2007-01-23 09:39:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋