Why hand pollinate?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Why hand pollinate?
- From: "* M* <z*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 08:23:35 PDT
I wonder about this myself. Seems nature certainly does as good a job as
I do. Blossoms down in the hot south last only a few hours. Just guess
one has to back nature up a bit here. Pollination in 90 degree weather
should be followed by a well constructed cooling strategey if you want
to keep the females from aborting, and that should be kept up for as
much as 2-3 days if the weather stays hot. In recent posts I discribed a
technique using milk jugs with frozen water combined with a wet towel
wrapping that takes advantage of evaporation for cooling. If interested
give me a post.
ZOO
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>From: "McAlpine, Duncan G" <Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com>
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>Subject: Why do you have to hand pollinate a pumpkin? Please address
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>To hopefully break some of the current threads, lets help out some of
>the new pumpkin growers.
>
>Why do have to hand pollinate a pumpkins?
>
>Why should I pollinate in the morning?
>
>How do I pollinate a female flower?
>
>
>Why can't you wait for mother nature to pollinate the female pumpkin?
>
>Should I cover the female flower with a paper bag after it is
>pollinated?
>
>How far should the female flower be from the main root to grow a large
>pumpkin?
>
>Is it ok to pollinate more than one pumpkin on a pumpkin plant?
>
>Is it ok to pollinate a female flower on a secondary vine?
>
>
>What does a female or male flower look like?
>
>
>Should I mound my soil near a pollinated pumpkin?
>
>
>What is a segment on the female flower and why should I care?
>
>
>Why should I look for a female flower with a stem angle of 90 degrees?
>
>How can I train the female flower stem to be 90 degrees?
>
>Should I change my fertilizer program now after I pollinated the
>pumpkin?
>
>Should I break off all the other pumpkins after I just pollinated one
>pumpkin?
>
>
>Thank you for your help.
>Duncan
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