Re: Re: CULT: Pod setting

In a message dated 6/2/2005 7:40:16 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
lmann@volfirst.net writes:

stalks  to notice 

Looking over this years field records: 
 
(with some exceptions)
 
1) Terminal pods are from crosses where the terminal was the only  one 
pollinated and I didn't get back to later blooms. I do tend to  jump on the first 
bloom to open.  
 
2) When I used two or more flowers (primary terminal & primary branch)  if 
only one took, it was usually the one on the branch that took.  Possible  
explanation . . . if two blooms were open, perchance the top one was too old?  With 
Lunar Whitewash I pollinated 3 blooms, but only the bottom two took.   No pod 
in the terminal.  
 
Looks like I have 27 takes.  Couple more that could still make  it.  Over 20 
are single pods.  (I've got half a dozen bee pods in the  1812 section alone.) 
 I think I can tell the air pods from the bee  pods.  It will be good to see 
how I've done at harvest  time.  I guessed right last year.  
 
This year was interrupted in so many ways that it could not be considered  
typical.  In most cases I was not able to get back to the cross with  additional 
blooms.  Most multiple crosses were done at the first  attempt.  Various 
reasons.  

 
Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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