Re: Does the male affect this years crop??
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- Subject: Re: Does the male affect this years crop??
- From: "* <d*@ipa.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:55:56 -0600
Well, Terry
Without being either too graphic nor technical.
The plant with the female blossom does provide all the material for the
visible pumpkin we finally see. The act of pollination triggers hormonal
changes that allow the "mother" plant to begin to put energy and material
into that particular fruit. The only part of the plant with male blossom
that is involved goes to provide genetic material in the seed of that fruit.
In the case of humans, you have to remember that the baby IS the "seed"
itself (incorporating all the potentials of the next generation. We mammals
just have an amusing way of spitting seeds. <smile>
david
daviddd@ipa.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Vickie Brock <brocfarm@pacific.net>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, December 14, 1997 8:36 PM
Subject: Does the male affect this years crop??
>For a while now i have been trying to convince other growers that you WILL
>NOT see any effect from the male pollinator in your pumpkin till the seeds
>are extracted and then planted next season.......is this true?? or have i
>mistaken this concept? this is a tough one when you try and explain why it
>is so?? you can't use humans as examples.........
>
>
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