September 2, 2005
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Sexing my Gourds
Just got in from a quickie....I had two female gourds that needed to be hand-pollinated. It's very late in the season and I don't know if they'll have enough growing time to mature but we're trying to keep the females pollinated anyway.
The picture on the left is of a male gourd flower and the one on the right is a female. You can tell the female by the little swollen gourd shape at the bottom of the petals.
To hand-pollinate, you pick a male flower, pick off the petals and turn it upside down onto the female. Then you flick the pollen in. Sounds kinky, doesn't it?? The pic on the right shows the male flower turned over on the female and I just leave it like that. By tomorrow, I'll know if it took because it will start growing a baby gourd. The flowers only bloom for one day so you have to jump on it unless you want to leave pollination to chance. And if you don't have enough moths to do the work, then you have to pull out your breeders hat.
We're trying to get Jim sprung from the hospital tonight. Still pumping Potassium into him right now. Maybe a couple of units of blood before he leaves, too.
Comments (12)
Oh great... the gourds are having more sex than I am
I hope Jim gets sprung and all is well - Hugs and love to you all
RTYC - thanks G, could not agree more whole heartedly, thanks god for the tuna juice to wash away the flavor of that disgusting tuna...hehe.
RT"dreamsontheshelf" very very funny gourd comment...me too me too
You're hott. You can pollinate me anytime.
Poor Jim, hon you guys must be so tired of the back n' forth.
How interesting! Hope all is all well again!
A most fascinating post on creating baby gourds, my dear! And lots of healing wishes for Jim, and his being sprung from hospital tonight... *hugs xo
A sex quicking in the garden. You have expanded my view on veggies and sex. I didn't realize they were bi. Best to Jim
Gourd sex...hmmm.....
I couldn't ever find you or spell your new name right to sub, but I finallly did.
Good vibs to Jim. Going ot catch up on your blogs now.
Cool stuff about the gourds! I had no idea they were sexed that way. Let us know whether you have got a baby! You'd be so proud! Send my best wishes to Jim ... and good job on him for getting birdie down from the tree!
With this Gourd art not only you have to be an artist but also you need to have a green thumb .
I like this blog about flower life .
Love
Michel
Oh, I did NOT know that! What Michel said too, lol! I had a pumpkin vine to volunteer under my porch... it has only a couple of pumpkins... I wonder if this is ITS problem? I did not know it was a moth's job. What about bees and butterflies cos I see tons of them around the plant? I am checking those blossoms tomorrow... if it is the issue, I get to have plant sex too! (did I sound too excited about that?
) You know I lost (mislaid: imagine that?) my gourd seeds... it's probably a good thing since I didn't know I had to have sex with them, I mean for them... did I mention, I don't think this is kinky? Slightly voyeuristic, that's all, heh! 
Thanks for the heads up! Hope they grow for ya! 
Oh, oh, they do it at NIGHT like most others, bwahaha! Hey, this is growing less and less kinky soundin' to me! Seriously, thanks for the answers... I am so clueless sometimes.
Flower sex
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