RE: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
- Subject: RE: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
- From: K* a* D*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:22:53 -0000
Now that sounds like a good idea!
Sure beats taking the risk of getting stung (I had a showdown this morning with a bee who wanted all the pollen to himself!)
Kristina
-----Original Message-----
From: andy wolf [SMTP:farm@eznet.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 8:47 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
Yes, this does work. It's the only way I pollinate. I pick them the night
before and put them in a vase until morning. Much easier than covering
every male. I haven't tried to save them for 2 days. might work.
Andy Wolf
-----Original Message-----
From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Cucumber Beetles (PICKING MALES?)
>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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