Dill Rings and Pollination
While pollinating this morning, I had a thought.
Ever notice how you can't necessarily get the
pollen down to the base of the female segments?
That is, inserting the male (sorry for the graphic
nature of this post), you really can't get the
pollen down to the base of the female segments,
unless you were to peel away the female flower.
When I once caught a bee in a female flower, I was
surprized at how much the bee was mixing it up in
there with the segments...
Anyway, perhaps this could be an explanation for
Dill rings. I don't know because I've never had
one, but in a Dill ringed pumpkin are the seeds
down in the Dill ringed area undeveloped? Maybe
the fact that we can't get pollen down to the base
of the segments can account for the formation of
the Dill rings at the end of the pumpkin? Just a
thought.
On another note, I've noticed two members of the
list claim that indeed the pollinator can effect the
fruit. This is very interesting. If, say, a Cinderella
variety can effect the fruit, why wouldn't another
AG pollinator effect the fruit?
Regards, Cliff in Idaho
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