Re: Hiding flowers from insects
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- Subject: Re: Hiding flowers from insects
- From: B* M*
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:10:30 +0200
Is it really neccesary to cover the male flowers too? Would covering the
female flower with a paper bag and tieng it with string work?
Jan
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> From: Richard J. Noffke <collinsr@execpc.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Hiding flowers from insects
> Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 3:30 AM
>
> All: My strategy for all pumpkins that I care about the genetic makeup:
>
> The evening before we romantically tie the male and female blossoms shut
> with ordinary orange surveyor's tape (doubles as a good way to find them
> also). Then in the AM we open them and make the cross. The we use
small
> cotton drawstring bags to cover the blossom for a day or so. There
> pretty cheap and can be pulled up snug over the petiole.
>
> Rick
>
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> > From: res <res@colfax.com>
> > To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Hiding flowers from insects
> > Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 8:15 PM
> >
> > Bob, I cover only the female flower that I care about. I use a
developed
> > tendiril to tie it closed, same thing after pollination. I figure I
> don't
> > want the pollinaters to go away, I just don't want them in some
flowers.
> > Roger
> >
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