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Hadley Ny

100% chance of rain and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Want to pollinate..chair over kin right now..suggestions besides building a tent.

7/10/2017 4:32:21 PM

Colorado

Keep it dry and close the flower after youre done. And don't wear a metal hat-

7/10/2017 4:38:01 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Put something heavy on the chairs so they don't get blown over and break a vine.

7/10/2017 4:41:18 PM

Slate River,Ont. Canada

Sounds like a Frankenstein movie. It's ALIVE!

7/10/2017 5:47:10 PM

red solo cup

7/10/2017 5:54:31 PM

Hadley Ny

Went with a 10 oz plastic cup, I'll sit in the chair to hold it down with my 7' graphite fishing rod in one hand pointing at the sky and my favorite beverage in the other..better bring a cooler..I might be there a while..if I'm lucky I won't get struck by lightning and might snag a carcass or two. Gonna put a damper on my Fishin'...

7/10/2017 7:10:25 PM

Lexington, Ky

Unless you secure that plastic cup, a moderate wind gust will sending it flying. If your temps are mid 80's you risk frying it in a mini greenhouse of sorts. Foam cup with a wooden skewer piercing the lip of the cup and run the tip of skewer a few inches into the dirt.

7/11/2017 6:06:02 AM

Central Illinois

I use styrofoam cups and hold it in place by pushing a bamboo stick through it, just don't stab your vine or pumpkin with the bamboo

7/11/2017 8:33:08 AM

Ontario, Canada

Clothes pins work well for us. We use then to keep the female & males closed until we get out in the early morning. Once pollinated, just close them back up & pin them shut. Never had an issue with them & they won't blow away.

Good luck.

7/11/2017 9:37:43 AM

Hadley Ny

Don...any special reason for a red cup?

7/12/2017 3:28:43 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Nope no cups for me...seen too many bees force their way in, one right after I tied it....got in. so I only use nylons now, and tie shut with the nylon back on. My pollinations are 100% what I want them to be. Ever see a pincher bug with pollen on them? They can pollinate too, cup dont stop them t hey crawl everywheres.

7/12/2017 6:19:34 PM

Hadley Ny

Had that problem last year..good pollination with a bee coming out later in a split in the blossom. Nylon sounds good..they may look funny at me when I buy the xtra large!! Looking at the cups to keep them dry after tying off. Any critter will carry pollen..want to keep them all out and the kin dry. Way to many nice orange to screw up!

7/12/2017 7:13:12 PM

i only use cups to keep out in rain I tie them with zip ties or yarn shut no cup if no rain red cups make beer taste better only reason I got red- when flowers open im there before sun up watching them open as light of day arrives

7/12/2017 8:45:21 PM

Hadley Ny

Thanks..rainin' like hell right now..used cups like you said for the rain..some red some clear..with chairs..screwed soon ..rain or tstorms for the next several days..not enough chairs but a lot of cups..styro..plastic..some even red

7/12/2017 9:10:29 PM

Deer Park WA

Dixie cups fit perfectly, red beer cups are way to big imho.

7/13/2017 1:26:44 AM

Central Illinois

yes cups are just umbrellas , sometimes they trap moisture

7/13/2017 8:25:41 AM