Re: "Plant Affairs"

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• To: <T*@aol.com>
• Subject: Re: "Plant Affairs"
• From: "* /* C* <m*@olywa.net>
• Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:17:24 -0700

Michael,
     I have had experience with pumpkin 'blind dates'.
Last year I went to LaRue's patch (7 miles away) about 9am his wife and I
picked a stud and brought him to my place for the date with one of the
girls in my patch. I transported the male flower in a paper lunch sack.
There was pollen to spare in the bottom of the bag when we got done with
the ritual. We had a nice 600 + pumpkin from the ordeal. Sherry LaRue was
going to experiment with freezing pollen from last season and using it this
season to see if it works. I'll keep the list posted if she follows
through.   Shellie
mcramer@olywa.net
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> From: THEAUP@aol.com
> To: GBPUMPKIN@aol.com
> Cc: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: "Plant Affairs"
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 4:27 PM
> 
>            George,
>   Loved the "blind date" you set up ,but on the serious side, I have 14
> plants in one patch, 2 in another and 1 each at my friends and my
house.We
> have about 16 different seeds that we have started from,from the 1006 to
the
> 941 Eaton 781 Schlutt,897 McIntire, 708 Holland 95, 845 Ciliberto 95, 699
> dill 95, etc... My question is, can you pollinate from several miles
away?
> And is a cooler necessary? andhow long does a male flower's "potency"
last?
>                  Thanks,   Michael  on Cape Cod

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