Re: Rebloomers

John I Jones wrote:
> 
> Amy Rupp wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm.. is this like baby and permanent teeth, where the second bloom
> > should push the old bloom off the stalk (underneath it)
> 
> No
> 
> > ... or is the
> > second bloom more to the side?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Which leads to another question.  If the bloom is shriveled and comes
> > easily away from the socket, does that mean that whatever pollination
> > that is going to take place, has taken place, and a pod either will or
> > won't form?  or does the bloom need to remain on the socket until it
> > falls off on its own accord?  That is, how does deadheading affect
> > successful pollinization?
> 
> I think you can pollinate both blooms in the same socket, because they
> are offset by a little. In that case you would want to leave the bloom
> in place until it falls off by itself, and two separate pods will form.
> 
> I am on thin ground here, so if there is something wrong, someone please
> jump in.
> 
> John                     | "There be dragons here"
>                          |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
>                          |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
> 
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
> Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
> Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
John, you're doing fine here!  When the cross takes, the ovary will
start to swell.  If it doesn't take, you will see a very slight swelling
and then it will decline and ultimately fall off on it's own accord. 
You should not dead head for about 5 days or so after the pollination in
case it may start to form a pod.  Now for double and triple bud
sockets.  I regularly pollinate all three flowers with different
pollen.  I put the cross tags (all three as the case may be) just below
the ovary.  I mark the tag with E (East) W (west) m (middle) etc.  The
only trick is to be careful to relabel should you remove the stalks with
the pods before the seeds are dry.  We use a separate tag for each cross
made with the parents.  Schreiners do it a little differently.  They
give the cross a number in their stud book and then just place a tag on
each flower pollinated with the number.  This is great where you're
making 12,000 crosses.  We only make a few hundred at most.
Cordially,
Bill Maryott
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