Hand Pollinating - quickie

[chris]

no pun intended from the title

My female pumpkin flowers were open this morning, so I pulled off a male one and set to work - stripped off the leaves from the male flower to expose the stamen (?) and then prodded away at the female thingy. Tapped it a bit and could see the pollen fall off - is that all there is to it? I probably poked each female flower for about 10 secs, is that enough?

Wow, impressed I didn't make a lude remark posting that

[zazen999]

There is a female 'area' with 3 'prongs', the pollen needs to go into that general area.

phew!

the male protrusion fits nicely into this area, if inserted gently.

[Nicos]

You should know if it's worked within a couple of days

[chris]

ya, i think I did it right... time will tell.

[Alison]

I never bother, just let them get on with it themselves and all is always well although you do need to diy if you're seed saving