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Pollination.

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>Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:54:55 GMT
>From: "Lady Penguin" <ladypenguin@theigloo.dyn.ml.org>
>To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
>Subject: For Caron...about the cucumbers...
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>I did kind of know what you were talking about, just never really looked
closely enough to determine if they were male or
>female; however, maybe you missed what I said in my initial message.  They
ARE bearing fruit...little cucumbers an inch long or
>so, and before they get any bigger, they turn yellow and shrivel up.
>
>I will go ahead and try what you said though...with the "helping along" of
the pollination.  Thanks for your help!
>

I'm not sure if it's the same for cukes's, but an apple needs to be visited
by a bee at least 4 or 5 times for good pollenation to set every seed
chamber. If you see an apple in the store that looks really lopsided, it
hasn't been fully pollenated.

 I beleive the cuke's will form tiny fruit without proper pollenation, then
it reaches a point where it just aborts itself. We see this to some extent
on our apple trees too.

You can try  http://users.aol.com/queenbjan/primbees.htm  for a good look
at how pollination works (or doesn't, depending on the resources available)

Hope this Helps

Matt Trahan  <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net>
USDA zone 8, AHS heat zone 7, Sunset zone 31, northeastern N.C.
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