Back-Cross

When you have problems 'fixing' a particular trait within a plant, you can cross it back with your original parent plant that had the desired trait.

Cross-Pollination

Simply the process of transferring pollen from one plant to another, in order to create a hybrid.

F1. Generation

The result of a cross-pollination between two plants.

F2. Generation

The result of the seeds saved from the first cross.

'Rogueing'

This is the process of discarding any unwanted plants that do not show the characteristics you are looking for in your breeding work.

Selection

A breeding method that relies on close observation, you simply harvest seed from unusual or different plants that arise in the garden. You then select the best plants from the harvested seed, and so on.

Self-Incompatibility

When a plant is unable to set seed after it has been self-pollinated.

Self-Pollination

To 'fix' certain traits in a plant, you can pollinate it with itself. Self-pollination is the action of transferring pollen from a plant onto the stigma of a flower on the same plant.