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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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brotherdave
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Corryton, TN
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First melon pollination attempt of the year and it's on the 169. I've only had a couple females this size in past years. First one was open pollinated and turned out pear shaped. Looking back I wish I had selfed that plant for seeds. Other female was on the 165(B) in the hydroponic setup last year. This female had the male parts also. Plan was to very carefully snip them out and pollinate it with the 272 Neptune. As soon as I clipped the first little male part it fell onto the stigma and I could see pollen had been deposited. Fortunately I had covered males on this plant also so it has now been selfed. I used 2 males and re-pollinated 90 minutes later with 2 more. Fingers crossed!
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