Re: Digest Number 162
- Subject: Re: Digest Number 162
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:47:40 PST
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
Sharon wrote:
>Remove a style arm from an uncrossed flower. Doesn't have to be the
same clone. Doesn't even have to be fresh enough to cross onto. Snip
off the stigmatic lip just behind the style crest. This creates a
"dauber" with a moist end the right size and shape to apply to the
stigmatic lip to be fertilized. You may have to squeeze it a bit to
promote the flow of juice.
>Even this won't salvage a flower that's several days old, but if it's
just past peak it will do the trick.
With the really hot days we had last week, there was barely a moist
stigma in the garden, and so few buds opened after the devestation of
the previous weeks frost, which left the buds looking 'mummified'.
This method would be OK, in a normal situation, where only the stigma
you are trying to pollenate has dried out.
I seem to be getting a few takes from last weeks efforts, so may yet
have something to grow next year.
Cheers, Jan Clark
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