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Brad, which varieties you have are probably self fertile?
Quote from: beicadad on August 15, 2019, 08:09:58 PMBrad, which varieties you have are probably self fertile?I am not really sure to be honest. All of them are setting fruit here but Conor is the one that had the most dropped flowers. Its supposed to be self fertile. It may have just been bad timing during a heat wave too, I dont know.
Its too much of a hassle to go out at night and do it. The bees are hitting the flowers for me as soon as they open around 7:30PMI go out at night sometimes and the pollen is already gone from the bees too. The bees really like DF flowers and pollen. I can see balls of it hanging off their legs.
Quote from: spaugh on August 20, 2019, 01:23:43 PMIts too much of a hassle to go out at night and do it. The bees are hitting the flowers for me as soon as they open around 7:30PMI go out at night sometimes and the pollen is already gone from the bees too. The bees really like DF flowers and pollen. I can see balls of it hanging off their legs. Interesting. Having bees can be a negative then?
Does anyone know if Haley’s Comet is self fertile? Thanks in advance.
Quote from: beicadad on August 20, 2019, 02:49:08 PMQuote from: spaugh on August 20, 2019, 01:23:43 PMIts too much of a hassle to go out at night and do it. The bees are hitting the flowers for me as soon as they open around 7:30PMI go out at night sometimes and the pollen is already gone from the bees too. The bees really like DF flowers and pollen. I can see balls of it hanging off their legs. Interesting. Having bees can be a negative then?I never thought of it that way but I guess it is if you are really on top of pollinating, the bees are not as good at it as you and they take all the pollen. My problem is I dont like to go out at night because we have mountain lions and rattlesnakes. So yesterday evening I went and tied some S8 flowers shut as an experiment. When I went out there this morning all the pollen was still there and I was able to cross pollinate some other plants! So this is what I have to do... my plants are about to do a mega bloom so I will try and pollinate them.
Quote from: spaugh on August 22, 2019, 11:29:45 AMQuote from: beicadad on August 20, 2019, 02:49:08 PMQuote from: spaugh on August 20, 2019, 01:23:43 PMIts too much of a hassle to go out at night and do it. The bees are hitting the flowers for me as soon as they open around 7:30PMI go out at night sometimes and the pollen is already gone from the bees too. The bees really like DF flowers and pollen. I can see balls of it hanging off their legs. Interesting. Having bees can be a negative then?I never thought of it that way but I guess it is if you are really on top of pollinating, the bees are not as good at it as you and they take all the pollen. My problem is I dont like to go out at night because we have mountain lions and rattlesnakes. So yesterday evening I went and tied some S8 flowers shut as an experiment. When I went out there this morning all the pollen was still there and I was able to cross pollinate some other plants! So this is what I have to do... my plants are about to do a mega bloom so I will try and pollinate them. That’s a smart way to save pollen. I’d be interested to understand if hand pollination in the morning yields good results. I think early morning should be fine, but the stigma starts to dry up shortly after.
I apologize if it’s not OK to ask but does anyone know if Matt’s landscaping is closed? I spoke with him on 7/27/19 and placed a small order which he said he’d fill the next weekend. That was the last I heard about the order. I’ve called a few times but the recording says the mailbox is full. I haven’t been charged so am not out anything. It seems like I need to give up on my order and look elsewhere. Just curious about my experience though. Thanks.
Would the dragonfruit experts on here suggest this yellowing is from sunburn? Should I just buck 30% shade cloth over top? They are getting a phenomenal amount of sun and fruiting prolifically. I count 6-10 buds per plant right now.
Quote from: K-Rimes on August 22, 2019, 03:01:29 PMWould the dragonfruit experts on here suggest this yellowing is from sunburn? Should I just buck 30% shade cloth over top? They are getting a phenomenal amount of sun and fruiting prolifically. I count 6-10 buds per plant right now.Dont use shade cloth, the fruit wont develop. Just ignore it, the plants are old and in poor health. Use some avocado fertilizer and mulch it and just let it do its thing. They will come back with nice growth if you can up pot it
Quote from: Suemc on August 22, 2019, 02:55:56 PMI apologize if it’s not OK to ask but does anyone know if Matt’s landscaping is closed? I spoke with him on 7/27/19 and placed a small order which he said he’d fill the next weekend. That was the last I heard about the order. I’ve called a few times but the recording says the mailbox is full. I haven’t been charged so am not out anything. It seems like I need to give up on my order and look elsewhere. Just curious about my experience though. Thanks.He was moving to a bigger property and going bigger retail and trying to get away from doing small oders. Hes busy with bigger stuff I guess. He was selling a lot of landscaping cactus to retailers. Not a good excuse to treat your customers that way. It is what it is.
Quote from: spaugh on August 22, 2019, 03:12:22 PMQuote from: Suemc on August 22, 2019, 02:55:56 PMI apologize if it’s not OK to ask but does anyone know if Matt’s landscaping is closed? I spoke with him on 7/27/19 and placed a small order which he said he’d fill the next weekend. That was the last I heard about the order. I’ve called a few times but the recording says the mailbox is full. I haven’t been charged so am not out anything. It seems like I need to give up on my order and look elsewhere. Just curious about my experience though. Thanks.He was moving to a bigger property and going bigger retail and trying to get away from doing small oders. Hes busy with bigger stuff I guess. He was selling a lot of landscaping cactus to retailers. Not a good excuse to treat your customers that way. It is what it is. Thanks for the info. No big deal. He did talk a little about how busy he is. As long as I’m not fighting for a refund I’m good. Who knows, he may fill the order eventually.