Re: AG THOUGHTS what else
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- Subject: Re: AG THOUGHTS what else
- From: w*
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:55:47 -0500
I cover both male and female flowers....
Wayne
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> From: Bob Marcellus <marcellus@cybertap.com>
> To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: AG THOUGHTS what else
> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 11:22 AM
>
> Richard and others:
>
> Let's talk about fertilization for a moment.
>
> My neighbor down the road and the guy who beat me at Spencerville Fair.
> Just didn't have suitable male flowers when the time came. So he comes
over
> to my place and I'm not home. He looks out at my patch and being the
least
> intrusive he picks a number of male flowers from my plant which is
closest
> to the road. Note this is fine as we do share around here and entering
each
> others patches when no one is home is considered ok. Now you should have
> seen his face about 3 weeks later when he told me what had happened , and
I
> told him that he picked the squash flowers. My only plant. Good laugh!
>
> Now I had watermelons, squash, and pumpkins in close proximity. As it was
> later in the morning the bees have been out transferring pollen between
> flowers. Point here is that both male and female flowers should be
covered
> the night before to insure that we get the correct cross since the bees
are
> going to give us some genetic soup along the way.
>
> I think most of us cover the female flowers at least after fertilization,
> But:
>
> Question or poll for the group. How many of us cover male flowers?
>
> Bob.M.
>
>
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