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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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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Can the seeds of a type A avocado produce type B trees?

According to the blog for UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County The avocado exhibits a type of flowering behavior known as “synchronous dichogamy.” An individual flower will open for two days and the timing of the male and female phases…
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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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Can I cross Amaryllis Belladonna and Hippeastrum?

After searching on the web, I realized that Commenters often use "Amaryllis" and "Hippeastrum" interchangeably, and it's inconclusive whether they meant Amaryllis or Hippeastrum because of the historic confusion. So here is the deal: Hippeastrums…
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What is the best way to pollinate peppers?

I've got six Carolina Reaper pepper plants that I've planted from seed. Two of them have peppers (the smallest plants), and the remaining ones have flowers but are dropping them unpollinated. If I touch them with a q-tip they tend to fall off. I've…
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Do bees from different continents have different "taste"?

I live in Europe, and planted several non-native perennials, most notably: echinaceas hellenuims rudbeckias For all species, I chose several cultivars, for the sake of experimenting. Although all three species are listed as bee-attractive, bees at…
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How far apart can pollination partners be (fruit trees)?

I am running out of space for fruit trees - apples, pears, plums - in one location but have some more space a few tens of metres away, with a large hedge separating the two areas. To what extent does distance between two pollination partners impact…
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Pollinating dragon fruit in broad daylight

Most tutorials on pollinating dragon fruit say that the flower will open past midnight. They suggest to go out with a flashlight and use a paintbrush to pollinate it. If I don’t want to screw up my sleep schedule, can I do this in broad daylight? I…
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What cherry variety to chose to cross-pollinate

I recently bought (by mistake) a variety of cherry tree (Ohio beauty) that is not self-pollinating. I live in the city, in the 15th floor, and I have a large balcony on which I want to grow a few potted fruit trees (for instance, I already have a…
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Is there a name for the tall reproductive grass stems?

I noticed that not all grass stems seems to be used for reproduction. When growing freely, it seems there are two heights of grass: there's the main ground-cover (stolon or tillers, maybe?), and there's the tall stems that distribute pollen and…
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Can tepary beans cross-pollinate with common beans?

I've bought seeds for an open-pollinated heirloom variety of tepary beans (phaseolus acutifolius). The seeds I collect from the mature plants should yield the exact same variety. However, is there any danger of the tepary beans cross-pollinating…
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Chilli plant not bearing fruits

My Chilli ( type, unknown) plant has 30+ flowers but no fruits. It has couple more symptoms which might be related. Would appreciate any help solving this. It is outdoor. I do see insects hopping flowers quite regularly. It is in hot sun (35 degree…
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