HYB: Supplementary Stigmatic Juice
- Subject: HYB: Supplementary Stigmatic Juice
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 22:35:14 -0500
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From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Jan Clark wrote:
> 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.
Unfortunately, HOT and DRY is an apt description of our "normal" situation
in TB season, so a flower is typically receptive for only an hour or so.
The advantage of using a sacrificial flower is that it does NOT have to be
fresh enough to cross. I've even used style arms from rapidly folding
flowers or buds that were too frost damaged to fully open. Snipping off
the style crest and stigmatic lip releases juices from deep in the style
arm.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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