Re: Cross Pollination
Thats right,you will have to wait until next year to
see what happens when polinate a flower ,whe a flower
is polinated the fruit starts to grow which is the
results of last polination,its genitic that count.
My opinon Jim
--- deborahsloves@webtv.net wrote:
> I get so confused at times....I talked to another
> grower last night:
> while out for dinner in our small community.
> Of course the topic of discussion was our pumpkins
> ...lol.....we were
> discussing ....strategies ....what we did this year
> ....etc.He said
> something confusing...please enlighten me"
>
> I told him I was cross pollinating next year...one
> of my 516.9
> seeds....he said ....I will end up with a small
> pumpkin....""""that the
> genetics don't come out in the pumpkin itself ....
> but in it's
> seeds""""......is this true....????.So I won't know
> until the following
> year....what the genetic size of my pumpkin will
> be....???I sure don't
> want to wait 2 growing seasons....to see the cross
> pollination
> results.....
>
> We have a standing dinner bet ...for next year
> ...same time same place
> for the winner next year ...he took 2nd at our weigh
> -off....I took
> 4th...but I beat him last year.
> Before we left.... the whole establishment was
> involved in our
> conversation...and wanting to grow....lol....so
> contagious.
> Deborah
> Thanks for any info......
>
>
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