Comments on: Should I hand pollinate indoor hybrid plants? http://gardeningchannel.net/should-i-hand-pollinate-indoor-hybrid-plants Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hotlexus56 http://gardeningchannel.net/should-i-hand-pollinate-indoor-hybrid-plants/comment-page-1#comment-364 hotlexus56 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:39:49 +0000 http://gardeningchannel.net/should-i-hand-pollinate-indoor-hybrid-plants/215/#comment-364 Whether for fruit or flower production all plants need a pollinator, bees take care of this job when plants are out side, but with indoor plants we have to do it, q-tips work good for this job. Most hybrid plants do not produce seeds but still need to be pollinated to produce fruit or flowers. Happy pollinating !! ;-) Whether for fruit or flower production all plants need a pollinator, bees take care of this job when plants are out side, but with indoor plants we have to do it, q-tips work good for this job. Most hybrid plants do not produce seeds but still need to be pollinated to produce fruit or flowers. Happy pollinating !! ;-)

]]> By: sweet.caroline http://gardeningchannel.net/should-i-hand-pollinate-indoor-hybrid-plants/comment-page-1#comment-363 sweet.caroline Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:24:19 +0000 http://gardeningchannel.net/should-i-hand-pollinate-indoor-hybrid-plants/215/#comment-363 Hybrids often are not "sexual" and don't reproduce,, but are grafted. That is to create new plants for polination and for seeds, not for flower production. Or at least that is my understanding of them. The heirloom plants must be pollinated. I would imagine you can use q-tips to pollinate or that would be my guess. They are pollinated to reprodue or create fruit which are seeds, like tomatoes. The flowers are pollinated to create the fruit which bears seeds. But with hybrids, they are grafted onto roots, etc. and so they cannot reproduce. They bloom, but don't bear fruit with seeds and seeds are what reproduce. I hope someone with more expertise can answer your question further as this is from just a little bit of knowledge and I am not a farmer or planter. I just like flowers and am curious. Good luck to you. Hybrids often are not “sexual” and don’t reproduce,, but are grafted. That is to create new plants for polination and for seeds, not for flower production. Or at least that is my understanding of them. The heirloom plants must be pollinated. I would imagine you can use q-tips to pollinate or that would be my guess. They are pollinated to reprodue or create fruit which are seeds, like tomatoes. The flowers are pollinated to create the fruit which bears seeds. But with hybrids, they are grafted onto roots, etc. and so they cannot reproduce. They bloom, but don’t bear fruit with seeds and seeds are what reproduce.

I hope someone with more expertise can answer your question further as this is from just a little bit of knowledge and I am not a farmer or planter. I just like flowers and am curious.

Good luck to you.

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