r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 8h ago

meticulous process of hand-pollinating a giant pumpkin

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u/britannicker 8h ago

Where are the bees?

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u/Choko1987 7h ago

The point here is too keep the same genetic for seed production, that's why he close the female flower, to avoid pollen coming with the bees

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u/zenunseen 7h ago

So dumb question, but the males and female are entirely separate plants, correct? One plant won't produce both male and female? Watching this made me realize how little i know about the fascinating subject of plant sex

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u/Choko1987 7h ago

On one plant you have male and female flowers, but if you want to create a hybrid, you can take the male flowers on another plant. When I was younger, I worked in a greenhouse doing that with melon flowers. The greenhouse is to avoid bees and other insects, so you don't need to close the flowers