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Emasculated flowers are generally pollinated
two days later. Try to avoid pollination on rainy days. The corolla
of the emasculated flower turns bright yellow, signalling that
the stigma is ready for pollination. |
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Expose the stigma to facilitate pollination. |
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Dip the stigma into the pool of pollen in
the pollen container or ... |
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... pollinate by touching the stigma with
the tip of the index finger dipped in the pollen pool.
Pollination is usually done 3 times weekly over a 3-5 week period.
Successful pollinations are easily seen within one week by the
enlargement of the fruit.
After breeding operations are completed, any non-crossed flowers
on the female plants are removed to lessen the chance of contamination
from selfed seeds before harvest. |
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