RE: Blossom Set
- Subject: RE: Blossom Set
- From: t* c* <t*@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:41 -0700
Thank you ...appreciate the great site info.
tlchap
Pumpkin Center, CA
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:39:45 -0600
> From: mltovar@wooden-clockworks.com
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Blossom Set
>
> Click on this site: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/HowTo/Pollinate/
> Marc
> Layton, UT
>
>
> tlchap chapman wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> >~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >>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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