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Cologne / Germany

I have really bad conditions for pollination - it´s raining, everything is wet and pollen difficult to transfer.
Can you pollinate again the other day just to be sure it takes?

7/3/2002 6:01:31 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

Good question Ingo. I read a post from Tom Beachy that said you should keep the female tied up for six days to stop bees from bringing in different pollen. SO if your being the bee I would say you could buzz away another day!

7/3/2002 6:36:06 AM

Utah

I think the females are only receptive for 1 or 2 days.
and wet conditions- ie wet pollen- will not get the
job done. I won't hurt to try again tomorrow-
you might try covering all the flowers you think you
might use with a plastic sandwich bag to keep them
dry.
good luck !

7/3/2002 10:29:17 AM