pumpkinguy
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: pumpkinguy
- From: "* J* N* <c*@execpc.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 07:14:46 -0600
Nicely put. Its important for everyone to read this and know that each
seed has an equally random chance of polllination from any given pollen,
and not that one segment in a cross is pollinated differently than any
other segment......unless you have tons of spare time and a small
paintbrush!!!!!
Rick
Mike,
If a blossom is open pollinated, even the seeds within one seed cluster
can
contain different pollinations. The way it works is as follows: When pollen
grains land on a carpel or segment, the pollen grains germinate much like a
seed does. There are two parts to a pollen grain...The tube nucleus and the
reproductive nucleus. The tube nucleus actually grows a pollen tube down
through the center of the female to the awaiting ovules ( immature tiny
seeds). The reproductive nucleus supplies the genetic information from the
male flower and enters the ovule and the seed develops. As you can see
different male pollen types could grow down and give different genetic info
to
each seed. People that are doing serious crossbreeding should cover both
the
male and female flowers the night before, to insure bees don't get to the
females and the males early in the morning before you are there.
pumkinguy@aol.com
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