Re: Malformed lobes in female blooms
Michalec, Chris wrote:
>
> I packaged this question earlier with a response to another question
> but still have not seen it addressed. Some of the lobes in many of the
> female flowers my plants have produce are mishaped and not clearly
> defined. So that it appears that some of the flowers have 4 1/2 or 5
> 1/2 lobes some are just sort of big blobs. So far it hasn't seemed to
> affect pollination and the fruit beneath those flowers are starting to
> grow. My question is, does this have any affect on the resulting fruit?
> Is this just a normal variation or could it be caused by something in or
> missing from the soil or a genetic trait? Some of these lobes although
> not clearly defined are huge.
> Chris Michalec
> Covington, WA
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I cant help you to much Chris, but I can say they do pollinate..
I had one open this morning, get this, with seeds on the outside in a
mix with the big globs of lobes where the female flower is supposed to
be.. I had bees in there, when I discovered it, so they must think it is
okay.. This is the only female I let go, without hand pollinating , and
it will be culled soon, but i thought is was interesting how the guts of
the pumpkin were on the outside ofthe plant..
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