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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