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Abingdon , Oxfordshire, UK

Not having the best time of it theis year, but to top it off I cannot get a female pollinated...

After closer inspection of the male flower's there does not seem to have any pollen on the stamen...

They are bald a bit like my head :0( lol

Why could this be weather ? genetics ? something else.

Has anybody else come across this...Last year my male flowers were thick of the yellow dust!

8/15/2008 6:54:12 AM

Netherlands

That usually means the bees were there before you or you were too early. The pollen will only be on there for a few hours. Place a bag over the male and female the night before they open. That will make sure the bees don't get there before you. You should pollinate before 10 am generally speaking.

8/15/2008 2:18:13 PM

Abingdon , Oxfordshire, UK

Thanks Brad never occured to me about the the bees...
great tip thanks.

8/16/2008 4:07:13 AM