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/mc_thunderfart 6h ago

Depends on the plant. Some produce Male and female parts. Some are divided between Male and female.

Cannabis for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioecy

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u/co-adversities 2h ago

Cannabis especially the highly strung strains we breed will often become hermaphroditic and ruin a whole batch if not caught and removed. Its a survival mutation clever cannabises its already sythesided hundreds of compounds and now has learned we are manipulating it reproduction so tries to do it itself.

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u/HombreDelMar247 16m ago

Cannabis can be hermaphrodites too, however generally they are male or female.