genetics data
Steve you posted on genetic data. I don't have answers just more
questions. I know that the plant is all important and the seed it comes
from. We all look at the stigma of the female flower to see how many
segments it has. I think rocky said that he wondered if pollen farther down
on the individual stigma affected pumpkin shape and size . I think this is
a very valid idea. I wonder about the male flower. If you cut some male
flowers and dissect them they vary as much as the females. Cut off the
pollen ball count how many stamen the flower has . also look at the pollen
ball it self with and with out the pollen on it. It looks like little
pumpkin some are deformed they have little ribs . maybe like a pattern.
maybe the female flower is the pattern for the inside of the pumpkin, how
many seed pockets is determined. the ribs on the out side of the pumpkin
don't start to form until pollination. I wonder if the number of stamen and
the number of ridges on the pollen ball denotes the out side shape of the
pumpkin number of ribs deformity and so on. I also noticed in superior
plants less variation in the flowers. more five section females and males
with more stamen. so I wonder if there is advantages to cross pollination
of superior male and female flowers. and which flowers are superior in the
male category. I wonder yes I wooooonder why y y y y y I
don' t know why I wonder I just do Chris from Clinton ONT
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