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Giant Vegetables
impactconstinc

Pollinating AG's

impactconstinc
17 years ago

I'm having probems with my AG plant. I'm getting female flowers opening but the male flowers are not opening at the same time. I think I may have used too much Nitrogen which I've stopped, and substituted with 0-20-0 foliar spray. My question however is this: Can I freeze male flowers and use them to pollinate the females if this problem happens again?

STEVE

Comment (1)

  • rainydays
    17 years ago

    You would need to freeze them with Liquid Nitrogen for the pollen to remain viable. Males usually come in bloom 10 days prior to the females blooming.

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