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A newbie question on pollination

17 years ago

Do you have to have two plants blooming from the same family in order to have pollination? Thank you :)

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bri_fl
17 years ago
Hey Rosepedal, Do you mean brugs?
With some other plants it can get VERY complicated!
pagrdnr
17 years ago
All "regular" brugs can cross pollinate with eachother. You just can't cross regular brugs with the cold group brugs (sang,arborea,vulc).

Its easy, just put some pollen from one brug onto the thing that sticks out the farthest in the middle of the bloom on another brug, and pray that you get a pod to take. And remember to lable the cross with a piece of tape or something so you will know what the seed cross is when the pod matures. Good luck!
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rosepedal
Original Author
17 years ago
Thnak you everybody! :) Shawn great info for us newbs to know....
givelittle_getlots
17 years ago
Barb you can also FREEZE the pollen from any blooming brug and use it later with the brugs you want to pollinate.

There are some great threads about how to freeze etc this stuff.

Lucy

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