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  • From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Precocity and pollination
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:36:06 -0700

Derry wrote
>The temperature has to be above 14°C (57°F) for the pollen to be
fertile.

This could in part explain why I had poor fruit set. Early spring was
warm, but when the blossoms came out, the average temp dropped to the
lower 50's. Another problem I have this year is lack of blossoms, a
cause of which is excess nitrogen in the previous year. I may be guilty
of over feeding.

-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8A





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