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Old 08-21-2017, 10:40 AM   #173 (permalink)
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Default Re: Water suckers

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky View Post
True, but there is a phenomenon called "epigenetics" that could explain long term differences between water and sword suckers. See

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics

I only mention this because it contradicts common sense.
Good point. But from everything I've read and seen, that is not the case with water suckers -- plants propagated from them eventually do just as well, though it might take until the next ratoon until any initial differences disappear.
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