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Halifax nova scotia

does anyone place a bottle/tray of ice near the female after hand pollination? I read some have success with it.

I hand pollinate. Rubbing the male bit over the entire female but have had only a 30%. Success rate. I do it earlyin the morning with fresh newly opened male/females and tie up the female blossom but have low success. Any input/suggestions are welcome.

7/9/2014 6:19:35 PM

Western ny

i use a small paint brush to pollinate,it gets into every little spot ,camel hair --i have 100% success ---good luck

7/9/2014 8:28:30 PM

So. Maine

IF temps are going to be upper 80's or into the 90's F the day you pollinate set a frozen jug of ice from a plastic jug next to the female after you pollinate it and set a larger plastic pail upside down over both the ice jug and female fruit .

Shade the fruit a couple days ahead of opening IF it's hot and repeat the ice setting the following day IF the temps are going to stay hot .

Normally works , shade & cooling .

7/10/2014 12:03:13 AM

Halifax nova scotia

Thanks guys. I will try it. I stopped using paint brush because of all the pollen left on the bristles. But for getting the pollen into nooks it makes sense.

7/10/2014 7:02:35 AM

Rhode Island

hal
be sure the pollon is dry.even though you cove them they can be damp. we take our males in the house or lay them on a surface in the sun for several minutes before use.
on hot days we do use a small fan and then a small table over the new pollination.
have used frozen bottles a couple times in the past. this works during extreme heat.
pap

7/13/2014 7:31:29 AM

Halifax nova scotia

It pollinated! Go 1813 go!

7/13/2014 5:33:12 PM