re: assorted quesiton, and mutant females....
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: re: assorted quesiton, and mutant females....
- From: D* M* <d*@pss.boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:35:08 -0700
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> hey guys, another few questions:
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> 1. what exactly is "floating row" i've heard mention of it, but cant
> find it anywhere?
I think it is ReMay fabric
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> 2. if you don't pollinate a female, what happens to it? How big will
> it get, or will it just shrivel up and die?
They shrivel up and die
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> 3. this is the biggie. i have 2 plants, i just recently pollinated
> both within about a week of each other. one plant, the stigma on the
> female looked like 5 shelled peanuts next to each other. solid
> segments. the other plant, the female had much different looking
> segments. there were 5 heart shaped segments. like if you took a pen
> and drew a heart, Hollow. the top of the hearts were not connected.
> so draw a heart, and don't connect the top. that's what the segments
> looked like. whats the deal here exactly? i was under the impression
> that the segments were like solid masses, almost shelled peanut shaped.
> is this like some sort of mutant female?
Go back and look at those flowers. The one with the fruit under the flower is a female.
Segments look like
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/secert.html
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>
> thanks again everybody
> scott armstrong
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