Re: Interior Alaska update
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Interior Alaska update
- From: g* b*
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 22:19:53 -0800 (AKDT)
Can't help with this one. Don't know how, if at all, a plant is affected
by removing the early blossoms. Some folks consider squash-type blossoms
to be a culinary delicacy, so there's a potential use for the early
bloomers if you decide not to keep them on the plant!
On this issue of flowering order, it's been my experience that, up here in
Interior Alaska, there is no rhyme or reason to the distribution of male
vs. female flowers. Some years the girls are first, all for naught
because there's no boy in sight; other years it's boys first; this year,
the gender balance is just right.
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Roy Birt wrote:
> Question: In my brief experience with AGs I have found that there are
> always a couple of early (and lonesome) male flowers out days before the
> females. After positively identifying these early males should I pick them
> to save the plant's energy??
> Roy in s/e wyo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gail ballou <holty@mosquitonet.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 6:01 PM
> Subject: Interior Alaska update
>
>
> >
> >Off to a great start here in Interior Alaska. Hand-pollinated the first
> >pumpkin yesterday; will have another one ready tomorrow on a different
> >plant. That's two weeks earlier than usual!
> >
> >Gail in Fairbanks
> >
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