Re: problem
In my experience bees will strip all the pollen off the males
within an hour of sunrise... I have never seen a naturally
pollenless male flower on a pumpkin plant.
You either have to beat the bees to the pollen in the morning
or cover or tie the males shut the night before.
good luck,
vince
--- Dennis <dhouser@attbi.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> Have a new problem I had male flowers open today
> (unfortunately the day
> after the first female) they are on the Stucker 963 they had
> no pollen
> on them. Is this something I am doing wrong or is this going
> to continue
> for the rest of the season on this plant I have pretty much
> killed
> everything else this season?
>
> Dennis
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