Sex in the Greenhouse or The Tedium of Hand Pollinating Melons

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  • 26th July 2018 at 7:17 pm #47751

    Melody Gillespie
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    Charles,
    I have all your books that are available on Kindle and I’ve watched all your videos. If you addressed this issue, I apologize. We have a new greenhouse and several sources say hand pollinating greenhouse melons (not watermelons) is necessary. This morning, as I was crawling around looking for the latest female flowers, it occurred to me that (hopefully) this might not be necessary. I leave the doors open during the day but not many bees visit.

    Thank you for all you do! You’re a wonderful teacher.

    Melody

    27th July 2018 at 3:32 am #47755

    charles
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    Thanks Melody.
    I never do hand pollination and in my experience it’s unnecessary. Should have spelt it out
    I do wonder where all these “extra jobs” come from!
    Best of harvests to you.

    23rd August 2018 at 9:41 pm #48263

    fzjohnson
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    I have to confess I read this thread because the title sounded like a choice (!)
    Who says “gardening is dull”? … not I 🙂

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