Re: Blossom Set

Has any one ever tried cross pollinating an ag, for size, with a
different strain for heat tolerance?

Jay

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:51 AM, tlchap chapman<tlchap@msn.com> wrote:
> Thank you ...appreciate the great site info.
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>> 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
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>> tlchap chapman wrote:
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>> >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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