Re: male flowers

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Mr. Bojangles/Kenny G./Dzywiak ----Original Message Follows---- From: WILLYRAIN@aol.com Reply-To: pumpkins@hort.net To: pumpkins@hort.net Subject: Re: male flowers Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:44:08 EDT In a message dated 7/30/2002 4:26:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dzywiak@hotmail.com writes: > I really hate to ask, but what is a "male flower"? I like eggs, flour and > butter so it sounds good. > > > > > > > Hold your pinkie finger up! If the inside of the blossom looks like that it is a male. It has male pollen all over it. How hold all 5 of your fingers together and look at it. The inside of the female looks like that. The key is it has a pumpkin (baby behind it). I get up in the morning and look for male blossoms on a good plant and pick at least 3 before I go do artificial insemination. First I take the outer edges off the bloom about 1 to 2" inches back then I thump the male blossom with my finger (just like you are flicking something between your thumb and first finger). After that I pull the rest of the pedals off and gently wipe the rest of the pollen around the female blooms center. I do this several times then cover the female blossom, and hope for the best. If you look out in the garden that night and your female blossom has a glow from a cigarette, You Did Good! Good Luck Bill Garvey White Lake, Michigan