Re: Theory Thoughts
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- Subject: Re: Theory Thoughts
- From: "* D* <s*@pcug.org.au>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 21:03:45 +1100
Wayne,
Do you know of any web sites that show the pollination process in pumpkins,
a cutaway view of the ovules etc.?
Stewart ACT Aust
sdeans@pcug.org.au
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From: Pumkinguy@aol.com <Pumkinguy@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, 4 February 1998 15:31
Subject: Re: Theory Thoughts
>In a message dated 98-02-03 10:06:46 EST, you write:
>
><< Subj: RE: Theory Thoughts
> Date: 98-02-03 10:06:46 EST
> From: MillsJ@doaks.org (Mills, Joe)
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com ('pumpkins@mallorn.com')
>
> Wayne,
>
> Could the number of seeds within a quadrant have a direct relation to
> the amount of pollen it got? More pollen more seeds? It is not clear to
> me whether pollenation is like human fertilzation where only one sperm
> fertilizes no matter how many are deposited. Would a female be
> pollenated by only a single unit of the pollen deposited? What ever it
> is those seeds from his Howard Dill Prize winner look to be winners
> themselves. Do you know whether the offspring have carried the traits
> that made it win the Dill prize? Thanks again for answering the call for
> help on the children's pumpkin competition.
>
>
> ZOO-DOO
> >--------- >>
>ZOO,
> One pollen grain fertilizes one ovule(immature seed in the female). It
is
>still a good idea to apply a good amount of male pollen to insure as many
of
>the ovules as possible , end up as mature seeds. If you cut open a female
>before it is pollinated, you can see all the little ovules and you can see
the
>ovule clusters that correspond to each segment. One other
note.....yesterday,
>someone was asking how much lime it takes to raise th pH one point. I have
it
>in my files somewhere, but as I recall two tons per acre raises the pH one
>full point. Heavier soil takes more lime....sandy soil takes a little less.
>Broken down, that would be 100 pounds of lime on 1,000 square feet to raise
>the pH 1.0 point. We still have a way to go until tilling time....if I find
>the info and I was wrong, I will send out the correction.
> Wayne
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