Re: HYB: Self Pollination
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Self Pollination
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 18:29:51 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 23 May 1997, art bern wrote:
> I have a question for the hybridizers. Is there a difference between
> self pollination and bee pollination? I was made to believe self
> pollination was the plant pollinated itself and consequently, the
offspring was garbage. Bee pollination, I take it, is nothing more than
> the bee pollinated the plant with pollen from another plant or also
> could be pollen from itself. Am I correct in all of these assunptions?
>
> Art Bern art@gv.net
> Grass Valley, CA Zone7-8
>
Yes, but not all self pollenations result in 'garbage.'
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS
