Re creating a population

[SICE]

Had about 6 plants from a specific family, turning purple. All have died except 1 male

I have some desirable females from other non purple varieties.

So it's 1 male that turns purple and regular colored females. Would it be possible to recreate or at least get close to the male family by mixing them with females?

So (purp male x regular female)... Then mix off spring with the original father (purp regular female x purp male)

If I do this against the purple father and the possible purple female offsprings can I in theory and eventually get to the purple line?

I have one male that's alive and pollen from another male of the same family. I fear I have lost females from the population so I just want to at least get a stock of purple colored plants even tho I have NO females only 1 male that's alive and 1 male pollen stock.

Any tips or threads I can read. I'm just trying to maintain the purple colores.

Thanks

 

[TakenByTheSky]

Look up mendels law of inheritance.

Basically your first generation F1

Will be for example one like the mother, one like the father and 2 hybrid types.

So think red rose vs white Rose you'd get one white, one red and two pink. If you want all white roses you'd discard the reds and the pinks and only work with the white ones from every generation.

From that f1 you can then back cross back to the male family.

Usually when you see this done they will use 2 very different parents like a tall family vs a short family or a stinky strain vs low odor so the desired offspring is easy to pick out.

 

[bsgospel]

In theory, yes. Push that male on the females and see what happens.

 

[TakenByTheSky]

It would make it a lot easier if you had a good idea of what exactly you were looking for in a desirable female, if you don't know what the females look like in the family you are trying to preserve it's going to make it a lot harder.