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  • From: "Gianni" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>
  • To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] No Fruit
  • Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:44:54 -0400

Don:
You wrote:
I couldn't see the pollen on the
brush, but I figured it was there.  I did this several times.
 
This I find quite puzzling, does self fertile/pollinating have anything to do with " no pollen
or the lack of " at least visible to the eye in fruit flowers etc? Is there an oil or colorless
substance at work and does the attempt of manually performing pollination help?
And also, I saw something once on what a bee sees and apparently, according to this
documentary. Bees are attracted to color (spectrum) rather than scent. Not sure if it
was the atypical pollinator bees the docu was referring to.
Any validity to this.... 
 
 
Thanks.
Best of growing,
Gianni
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: [nafex] No Fruit

For Robert:

    I don't know anything about autumn olive, but I do know that it
often takes trees several years to begin to set fruit, even though they
may bloom profusely.  Other factors may influence fruit set as well,
such as extremely early bloom and lack of pollinating insects.  Sweet
corn can wind pollinate, but fruit trees can't.


    This spring, I took a small artist's brush and went back and forth
between the trees when they were about at full bloom, transferring
pollen from one tree to another.  I couldn't see the pollen on the
brush, but I figured it was there.  I did this several times.  Made me
feel very much like a bee.  There were absolutely no pollinating insects
around, other than myself.


Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

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