RE: Does the male affect this years crop??
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Does the male affect this years crop??
- From: "* C* <c*@chmc.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:04:45 -0800
If you want to put it in human terms think of the pumpkin as a womb.
The flower segments could be thought of as well let's just say the path
you take to get to the womb but the number of paths corresponds with the
number of ovaries that produce the "eggs" or seeds. The more segments
the greater the potential number of seeds. You want the womb to get as
big as possible so you fertilize with the object of getting as much
pollen or "spermatozoa" as possible into the female. So you want your
plant to be predisposed to growing a very large womb and you want it to
be as pregnant as you can possibly get it. I think for optimal results
we should be taking our female flowers to doctors in Iowa to be
pollinated. I'm no expert but at least this has been my understanding
of how it works with pumpkins.
Chris M
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brocfarm@pacific.net [SMTP:brocfarm@pacific.net]
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 1997 2:15 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> 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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