Planted pumpkins and kabocha but one looks like zucchini
I planted a whole lot of pumpkin and kabocha seeds this year but one
plant has "fruit" that looks like zucchini! I've never grown zucchini here so it couldn't be a volunteer. Could it be that a bee pollinated one of the pumpkin flowers with zucchini pollen and that's what happened? |
Planted pumpkins and kabocha but one looks like zucchini
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:05:37 GMT, Dan Musicant
wrote: I planted a whole lot of pumpkin and kabocha seeds this year but one plant has "fruit" that looks like zucchini! I've never grown zucchini here so it couldn't be a volunteer. Could it be that a bee pollinated one of the pumpkin flowers with zucchini pollen and that's what happened? Wouldn't it be more likely that this happened *last year*, i.e., that a bee pollinated a pumpkin or kabocha plant last year with zucchini pollen - and the seed you planted this year is a hybrid (mix)? I'm NOT sure of this, maybe someone else is? The question: can fruit *this year* become different because of pollination from a different variety? Or can it only affect *next year's* fruit? Pat |
Planted pumpkins and kabocha but one looks like zucchini
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Planted pumpkins and kabocha but one looks like zucchini
Hi All,
reply at the end. Pat Meadows wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:05:37 GMT, Dan Musicant wrote: I planted a whole lot of pumpkin and kabocha seeds this year but one plant has "fruit" that looks like zucchini! I've never grown zucchini here so it couldn't be a volunteer. Could it be that a bee pollinated one of the pumpkin flowers with zucchini pollen and that's what happened? Wouldn't it be more likely that this happened *last year*, i.e., that a bee pollinated a pumpkin or kabocha plant last year with zucchini pollen - and the seed you planted this year is a hybrid (mix)? I'm NOT sure of this, maybe someone else is? The question: can fruit *this year* become different because of pollination from a different variety? Or can it only affect *next year's* fruit? Pat as far as I know it can only affect next years seed. if you eat fruit from an F1 hybrid the fruit is normal, it is only when you plant saved seed the next year that you get problems. hope this helps you. Richard M. Watkin. |
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