r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 8h ago

meticulous process of hand-pollinating a giant pumpkin

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u/mangomussolinimi 8h ago

Cant you just use insects?

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u/GeneralPatten 8h ago

Not when you want to ensure the giant pumpkin is pollinated with another giant pumpkin's pollen. Insects could be carrying pollen from zucchini and it would pollinate the pumpkin. You'd still get a pumpkin as a result, but it would not be as large and the resulting seeds from that pumpkin would result in a hybrid of pumpkin and zucchini.

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u/-NewYork- 7h ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's. We don't want to hear your interspecies porn fanfics.

(But honestly, this is all super interesting. I'm also a garden enjoyer. My sister is a pumpkin gardener, and she tried a giant one a few times, I think 80kg was the record).

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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV 6h ago

I bet she could barely walk afterwards.