Re: assorted question, and mutant females....
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: assorted question, and mutant females....
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 18:27:36 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-13 14:17:20 EDT, you write:
> 1. what exactly is "floating row" i've heard mention of it, but cant
> find it anywhere?
>
Floating row cover is a special man-made light white material that is so
light, it actually floats over the plants. You cover plants with it, and it
allows light, air, and water through, but keeps out nearly 100% of all insect
pests, (it works better than any chemical, and has the benefit of not having
to use a chemical, although I use some as a second line of defense, anyway).
PLUS it can protect plants from frost, down to 29 degrees F. And it retains
some heat (about 5 degrees higher) under the cover, so that too boosts heat
loving plants performance, like pumpkins! he plants grow like crazy underneath
this stuff, especially watermelons and pumpkins. Of course for AG pumpkins,
you would need A LOT of it to keep it all covered, but I mainly use it early
on to give them a boost and keep out all the insects. It is amazing stuff. I
think you can buy it at any gardening center, some companies call it "HARVEST
cover" or something. Or they sell it for use on lawns, (but it is the same
stuff)!
> 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?
>
It would either get pollinated naturally by insects or bees, etc. Or if it
doesn't it would just die.
> 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?
> thanks again everybody
> scott armstrong
> long island ny
>
Uh, I'm not sure. I think it sounds normal. A lot of plants have different
characteristics, though.
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