>
> >>This may sound like a dumb question to you heavy hitters but what does the
> >>term open mean.
> >>
> >>Charlie
> >>southern Ontario
> >there are no dumb questions when you searching for knowledge.
> >
> >OPEN pollenated means that it was not a controled pollenation it was left
> >to the bees and your not sure what it crossed with.
> >
> >HAND POLLENATED means you are the bee you hand pollenate to control the
> >cross. You take a 999 and cross it with 888 then you can close the female
> >blossom so no other pollen from out and about can
> >enter...................Brock
>
I prefer to hand pollenate with a camel hair paint brush. Do it in the morning
when the female blossom just opens. Keep track of the female bloosom.
Understand what day it will first open and collect fresh male pollen via the
paint brush and apply to the female blossom. Collect male pollen from several
different male flower and even from different plants. Keep records of which
plant you collect you pollen from and what the lobes are on the female
blossom.>
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