RE: Blossom Set
- Subject: RE: Blossom Set
- From: t* c* <t*@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:32:03 -0700
Could you tell me how to pollinate the pumpkin blossoms by hand?
Is there a certain trick to it, or is it a simple transfer?
Thanks,
tlchap
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:11 -0700
> From: minok2014@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Blossom Set
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
>
> Thanks all. Blossom set for tomatoes. Something else for AG's. First the
> Great Pumpkin, THEN the Great Tomato!!!. Steve.
>
> --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net> wrote:
>
> From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@att.net>
> Subject: Re: Blossom Set
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 7:09 PM
>
> Steve,
>
> If you want to grow big tomatoes, purchase the book Giant Tomatoes by
> Dr Marvin Meisner, who also grows giant pumpkins. Everything you need
> to know is in it, and much more. You'll thank me.
>
> Kathie
>
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:25 AM, steve minor wrote:
>
> > I didn't realize tomatoes were self-pollinating(duh on me). Thanks
> > for
> > enlightening me. My question concerned after I pollinate the female
> > flower by
> > hand, would blossom set( which is basically calcium chloride) help
> > produce a
> > big one. My understanding is that calcium is a necessary, and often
> > overlooked, mineral in the making of a giant pumpkin, and I wondered
> > if what
> > works for tomatoes would help pumpkins. Thanks for the reply. Steve.
> > --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Russ Stokes <rstokes@wi.rr.com>
> > Subject: Re: Blossom Set
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:21 AM
> >
> > Tomatoes are self pollinating. Meanwhile pumpkins produce separate
> > male and
> > female blossoms. Therefore, the pollen from the pumpkin male bloom
> > needs to
> > be transferred to the pumpkin female blossom (the female bloom is
> > easily
> > identified because of the small fruit growing directly behind the
> > bloom). This
> > can be done by bees or other insects or by hand. Giant pumpkin
> > growers
> > usually perform this task manually.
> >
> > Blossom Set for tomatoes has been around for a long time and I am
> > not sure
> > that it actually works other than by spraying the tomatoe blossom,
> > you cause
> > pollen to be dispersed from the anthers to the stigma which sets a
> > fruit.
> > Gentle flicks of the tomato blossom between 8 am to 10 am is the
> > best time for
> > tomatoes to be pollinated by hand.
> >
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