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  • From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: Hand Pollination Tutorial?
  • Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:44:13 -0400 (EDT)

Hi,

I think from reading the thread she is doing some specialized apple
breeding. That is the reason for removing the male parts of the flower
and bagging it after.

By removing the male parts it eliminates self pollination, and bagging it
after hand pollintion, with specific pollen, ensures no other pollen
enters the flower.

This is how most breeding programs work.

If you are just pollinating a lonely tree, it is easier to find an
abandoned apple tree (or a friends) and prune off a flowering branch, and
place it in a bucket of water under the target tree, The bees do the rest
of the work.

Later,
Tom

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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, HDessureault wrote:

> Hi Ginda,
> When I started planting apple trees on our property, there was one year
> that I had one tree in full bloom and no other apple trees anywhere
> nearby. I decided that hand pollination was in order as the tree was big
> enough to carry a few apples.
> I used a small paint brush and a small round metal box (the type that you
> buy expensive cough drops in drug stores).
> I put a few drops of water in the metal box for humidity and on my way
> from work I stopped at a couple of roadside apple trees in full bloom to
> collect pollen.
> Now, you have to choose the fresh pollen as you will notice that not all
> flowers are at the same stage of development and some pollen is already
> too dried up.
> I shook the pollen off with my brush and held the small metal can
> underneath to receive the pollen.
> At home, I picked up the pollen with the brush, chose flowers that had
> nice fresh pollen (to make sure to pick a flower in the same stage of
> development) and plant the pollen amongst the rest.
> The pollen sticks to the wet brush if you do it carefully and it stays
> where you put it if it's fresh. You sometimes experience problems due to
> gravity when the flower is facing downward, but generally it's OK. It
> does require patience and time.
>
> I have done it again since and it works.
>
> Really very simple...
>
> H?l?ne, zone 3-4
>
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