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Nauvoo, Alabama

I have had 3 females on one plant that bloomed abnormally.
"today half the petals open---tomorrow the other half opens."
Is it a waste of time to pollinate---do all these abnormal blooms end in aborts? should I pollinate today and tomorrow on that one blossom?

7/9/2010 9:36:42 AM

El Paso TX.

Might just be that something has stuck on the bloom so that it doesn't open fully - you can just help it open a bit by pulling the stuck bloom a little and it will normally pop open (I pollinate very early in the AM and force open the blooms that way since the sun has not risen yet)- but you'll want to pollinate them the first day it tries to open.

7/9/2010 10:23:54 AM

Nova Scotia

never hurts to pollunate again the next day either just to be safe

7/9/2010 11:35:48 AM

Nauvoo, Alabama

the half that opens first are mature petals. the half that is not open yet is still slightly green and immature petals.
had one to do this today. I did not pollinate. If the other side opens in the morning, I will pollinate and see what happens. In the future, i will pollinate both days.
The last blossom that bloomed abnormally was only a 3 lobe but bloomed all in one day.. It is 6days old and chugging along and was 12" cc on day 5. The next female was normal and 5 lobe and chugging even better.. the one today was abnormal and 5 lobe.(18ft out) I guess I will live and learn this one. Crazy blooms!

7/9/2010 6:32:31 PM