Morning Glories: hand pollinating morning glories - Selfing bagging and tying, 1 by gardener2005

gardener2005 wrote:
Next you cover it back up. If there is a flower about to bloom right next to the one you just finished pollinating then you just put the bag back on and remove it again the next morning and pollinate it.

When all the flowers are done on a multiple boom stem such as Gypsy Bride you can remove the bag permanently.

Once you have finished pollinating the flower, the bag can be removed the next day since there are no more concerns of cross pollination because the flower is "done". Your yarn is left tied to the main stem connected to the flowers so you can come back to check and see if they are "taking" or showing swelling meaning the pods of seeds are developing. You also need the yarn as a visual indication of which pods you hand pollinated and when collecting mature pods you can find them easily.





This message was edited Jun 8, 2007 2:15 PM