Questions tagged [pollination]

Process of pollen transfer in plants, enabling fertilization and sexual reproduction.

Process of pollen transfer in plants, enabling fertilization and sexual reproduction.

Pollination is desirable if you wish to produce seeds for propagation, or to produce fruit for consumption.

Different plants have different methods of pollination - eg. wind, insects, birds. Most plants will not require human help, but occasionally this may be beneficial if the plant does not pollinate easily, or if you wish produce a hybrid.

Use this tag for all of your plant pollination questions.

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When should I hang my mason bee house?

I bought a mason bee house from gardener's supply and I am wondering when should I hang it up? I am in Berks county, PA. Here is the link : http://www.gardeners.com/Mason-Bee-House/37-481,default,pd.html Thanks.
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Is Zanthoxylum simulans (Sichuan pepper) self-pollinating?

One can find a lot of contradicting information about this topic on the web. It would be nice to have a definite answer to this question. Does anyone have a solitary plant (with guaranteed no other plants in the neighbourhood) that produces…
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Are muskmellons self-fertile?

I am experimenting with muskmellons this year. Starting from seeds I kept from a melon I bought last year I was having 3 nice seedlings by the end of April. Putting them outside in May (and hoping that the weather will be warm) I had to witness 2…
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Fruit Trees and Pollination

I have a total of 7 fruit trees in my back yard. 3 are multi grafted varieties (Pear, Plum, Apple) which l was told that they will self pollinate each other to produce fruit. I have added three additional apple trees and one cherry tree as well. …
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Pollination from sterile plants

If pollen is taken from a "sterile" tree or plant and introduced to a fertile plant does it effect that plant in the future ie...Bradford pear, non-fruit bearing, to a fruit bearing tree Thanks Tim
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Drones taking the place of bees

I just ran into an article that they are using drones to pollinate orchards. Has anyone heard of this or better, witnessed this? Does anyone have any knowledge of this at all? Drones used for pollinating, probably nanobots most likely will 'work'.…
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What is the radius of wind pollination for sea buckthorn?

I've heard that wind pollination is how the sea buckthorn is pollinated, but I plan to put the trees crosswind. would this work for proper pollination of all plants?
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Do Honeyberries (Haskap or Lonicera caerulea) have separate sexes?

These plants are marketed as male and female (buy one male and several varieties of female): But, everything I've read says this plant does not have separate sexes. What's going on?
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Identifying female naranjilla flowers

How can I tell which flowers of my niranjillas are female? I thought they were self pollinating but someone suggested I may not be pollinating female ones. I can’t see any bulbous bases to any flowers to indicate they are female. I have been trying…
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