Re: AG THOUGHTS what else
Olivier,
1) You can tie the flower closed or use a small bag over it and tie it.
2) Pollinate as many as possible and use several male flowers to do each one.
3) It depends on weather you want to cross pollinate or not. If so, use males
from other plants.
4) Pollinate all the females.
5) Prune all but one or two after you see how they develop. The ones you decide
to keep should be
at a 90 degree angle to the vine, steady growing and healthy looking. Let
them grow to a good
40 pounds or so before you prune. You should also prune all the small
tertiary vines off ( their the
small ones that grow off the secondary vines).
Good luck,
Bob T.
Olivier Puffet wrote:
> Hi some question from a beginner.
>
> How do you cover the flower to avoid bees-fertilization. Do you put
> something around the flower, a bag or something like that.
>
> I also read with many interest the AG faq, it is amazing the info (tips
> and tricks) you could find.
> But more particulary about fertilization I still have a question. Does
> it in fact matter which female flower you fertilize with which male
> flower. I know that the female flower should be at about 10 feets (faq)
> on the main root, but should the be male flower be from the same plant,
> or is it better to take a male from another plant?
>
> On a plant do you have to fertilize two or more females or only one, and
> if there are more pumpkins coming on a plant, do you have to prune one
> to let the other one grows up and become the price-winner?
>
> I apologize for my incompetence.
>
> Olivier Puffet
>
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> >I cover both male and female flowers....
> >Wayne
> >
> >----------
> >> 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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