Re: open vs. self polinated
A further note. I personally wouldn't plant a open pollinated pumpkin, who
knows what your going to get.
andrew
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From: Great Pumpkin <greatpumpkin99@hotmail.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: May 6, 2000 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: open vs. self polinated
>
>
> >Hi,
> >Whats the difference between open pollinated and self pollinated thanks
> >
>
> "Self pollinated" is when female flowers are pollintated with pollen from
> male flowers from the same plant.
> "Open pollinated" means that no hand pollination was done, and it was all
> left up to the bees, which means that a variety of pollen could have been
> transferred to the female flower, producing seeds with possibly a variety
of
> "fathers". Therefore, seeds from open pollinated fruits are of unknown
> parentage (on the father's side).
> When something is self pollinated, it is done on purpose, the same as it
> would be when cross pollinating with another plant. Both the male and
female
> flowers are tied shut covered before they open so that so stray pollen
gets
> in. Then at the right time, pollen is transferred by hand, and the female
> flower is again protected until after fruit set. This ensures tat we know
> for sure what pollen is involved in producing the seeds that will develop
in
> that fruit.
> Oh, another misconception by some people....the pollen used for
pollinating
> a flower plays NO PART in the current fruit whatsoever. The only thing the
> pollen affects is the SEEDS that will be in that fruit, and the plants
grown
> from THEM.
> Hope this helped!
>
> -Steve
>
>
>
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