RE: problem
Hello Vince
Thank you for the help only I tied close one f the males and opened one
up that looks like it will open in the morning and neither had pollen so
I don't know what is going on I will have to wait and see
Thanks Dennis
Email d*@attbi.com
Web Page http://home.attbi.com/~dhouser/
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of vince
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:26 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: 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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