Re: pure cross pollinating?!
Michalec, Chris wrote:
>
> Ideally you would want to cover both the male flowers and the female
> flowers you expect to use for pollinating the night before they open.
> You can usually tell which ones they are because they will be larger and
> the ends of the flowers will be starting to turn yellow. Paper lunch
> bags work well. After pollinating I simply tie the end of the bloom
> shut with a piece of twine. If you let the bees do the job, you'll
> never know who the male parent of your fruit is. This is fine if all
> you want is a pumpkin. If saving the seeds for next year is important
> you will want to know who both parents are. It would be hard to grow a
> nice AG pumkin next year if the pollen parent of this years fruit is the
> Hubbard Squash being grown by your neighbor a quarter mile down the
> road.
> Chris Michalec
> Covington, WA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SteveS012@aol.com [SMTP:SteveS012@aol.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 12:47 PM
> > To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> > Subject: pure cross pollinating?!
> >
> > O.K., speaking of pollination....
> > WHat is the method of cross pollinating plants to make sure you have
> > seeds
> > true to what you cross pollinated the flower with? Like how was the
> > 1006 x 941
> > seed, for example, produced? I know you swab the pollen on the female
> > with a
> > flower from the male, BUT how to do you prevent stray pollen, or bees
> > from
> > pollinating with other pollen, therefore producing some impure seeds?!
> > What is
> > the correct method or cross pollinating?! The only method I can think
> > of it
> > forming some sort of cover out of floating row cover, keeping it
> > around the
> > flower before it opens, and then covering it back up after you
> > pollinate it.
> > But I hear you guys talking about letting the bees help, but if you do
> > that,
> > than how can you be sure of the seeds you will get?!
> >
> >
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I like to use the little green curly "anchors" that are at every leaf
junction.. I cut one off, and use it to tie up my flower after I have
sang to her, and given some of the best pollen she will ever have..
Rocky Rockwell
website: http://www.cyber-quest.com/home/rocky.r
email: rocky.r@cyber-quest.com
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