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Macro -carpa self-fruitful? Mine doesn't

wilmington_islander

15 years ago

appear to be...granted, Kartuz sold it to me as "blue moon" as a 3 inch seedling back in March or april. It is now huge and flowering daily....but no fruit. it doesn't help that it doesn't appear to have much pollen, and that my incarnatas just quit blooming, so I have no other varieties of pollen ( excecpt foetida, which I have tried to no avail) to help. Any thoughts? BTW, this is in a 15 gallon pot and will be overwintered in my unheated garage ( which has never gotten below 35) and then planted into the ground in March of next year.

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msbatt
15 years ago
Hummm...
lifesblessings
15 years ago
Although all are self fruitful, some require hand pollination, either because of the plant or because yours simply isn't able to attract the right insects. Is it outside? Use a feather and tickle all the flowers multiple times, multiple days. (In regions of China where they have killed all the pollinating insects they do entire orchards this way. It does work.)
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