Re: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
- Subject: Re: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:42:51 EDT
In a message dated 7/9/99 10:53:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
carlson@sanasys.com writes:
> List,
> Afellow grower that lives near us has been battling the same problem for
> the last 3 years. His problem got so bad that they were eating a hole
> into the sides of the male flowers 1 to 2 days before they open. Once
> inside they would chew the heck out of all the pollin. What he does now
> is goes out and nylons all the soon to open females and then harvest
> about as many males as he thinks he'll need for morning pollination the
> night before. Places the stems of the males in a vase and in the AM they
> will open in the house. This would work to keep the males dry if rain is
> in the forcast!! some thoughts
> The Carlsons DAn and Beth
>
Does this work???????!!!!!!!!!! Can a male be picked and put into water, and
open with full amounts of pollen, viable for pollination?! If this is true,
then maybe it WOULD be possible to mail out some male flowers to other
growers for pollination of plants which they themselves do not have, but
would be good for a cross with a plant someone else is growing! This would be
a HUGE boon to crossing, with no limitations of only being able to cross with
the other plants grown locally!
Has anyone sucessfully pollinated with pollen mailed from someone else before?
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