viable seeds / pollen

Hi Jim,

 This is interesting.  Could you share some of those numbers with us - 
perhaps total numbers of seeds, what percentages were viable, and how 
those numbers correlated with pumpkin size?  

 Also where do you live?   You mentioned the decrease in available 
pollen - do you think this was due to heat, humidity or other weather 
conditions, or was it the stage of plant development and blossoming 
patterns?  

Thanks!  
Beth


>Last year I took the time to count all the seeds viable and not, and
>determine the percentage of viable seeds per pumpkin........ The two 
>pumpkins with the most pollinated seeds were actually from single >male 
pollinations on 5 segment females.
>
>......... in July after the 16th ....I felt that the males didn't have 
as >much pollen regardless of how early I got up to beat the heat.


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