Too late now. They open & close in 1 night, as I'm sure you know by now.

I understand hawk/hummingbird moths are supposed to do that for us....

I use a large soft bristle water color paint brush (#11 size?). Swirl it around the inner part of the flower and the top of the bottom petals (that's where fallen pollen is) and the brush onto the "starfish" looking thing coming out of the bloom. I don't know all the technical terms for the flower parts. Some say there are best times for doing the hand pollination (after 10:00PM and before 4:00AM?). But if I go out to pollinate mine, usually before I go to bed and in the morning when I let the dogs out. Like was said above, a 1 night event for each flower.

I do find a lot of very small beetles in the flowers and have the bees working them pretty hard early in the morning. I am not hand pollinating so much this year, want to see what ones do alright on their own.

DM

Thank you DM. I'll watch for another flowerbud and give it a try. Stan

No fruit last year or this year. Maybe it isn't a pollination problem. Does anyone have self-pollinating varieties?