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Livonia Michigan

if i pollinate a female pumpkin, does it matter if the male flower comes the main vine or a secondary?
or does size matter in this case? & does the location or size of the male flower have any impact on the genetics?

9/20/2005 2:21:30 AM

Nope. U can use a male flower from anywhere on the plant. Each male flower (on the same plant of course) contains the same genetic information. And No size of the flower does not matter at all. The flower is simply a protective pod to hold the pollen, and when open it is meant to attract bees. Some leaves are bigger, some smaller, some flowers are bigger, some smaller, but it doesn't really mean anything.

9/20/2005 11:18:10 AM

If you want to know what impacts genetics, it's not size and location of the flowers, it's which plant it comes from, and how the fertilization went. If you take a flower from the same plant as the female and mix them, you will keep the same characteristics in that plant and pumpkin. If you take a flower from another plant and mix it with the female, you are cross-pollinating and mixing the genetics or characteristics from one plant to another. This will change the type of pumpkin you get, and the plant that derives out of that pumpkin and so on. You also want good fertilization. To do this make sure the entire female receptor part (forget it's actual name) is covered in pollen. With luck the out come will hopefully be good. If you want to know in depth about genetics and pollination, you should click on (links) on this site, go to the AGGC website, and click on the nonmember icon thing. That should take you to a list of activities you can learn from and discover. I don't know how to get a membership though. Good Luck Big Max! Hope this helps!

9/20/2005 11:27:30 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

also know that what ever you pollinate will not be effected by pollen you use. It will effect the seeds, and what they produce.

9/20/2005 11:34:02 AM

Once again, if you find a good female for your area and pollinate it with a known large producing pumpkin and good orange color will it increase your chances of better color and larger size off spring? or does it just affect the seeds?

10/31/2005 6:58:33 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

The fruit of the next generation will benefit (or not) from the introduction of new egentics.

10/31/2005 9:19:35 PM