Posted by terryc on August 24, 2008, 1:30 am
Our last attempt produced nice big plants, lots of flowers and no fruit
despite hand pollination, so might have been wrong variety.
Hence my question.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on August 24, 2008, 7:26 am
> Our last attempt produced nice big plants, lots of flowers and no fruit
> despite hand pollination, so might have been wrong variety.
> Hence my question.
I doubt that variety is the problem. I cannot think of any reason why one
cultivar of zook would set fruit better than another in Sydney.
Why did you employ hand pollination? If there is a problem with bees in your
area it will be a problem for all cultivars.
David
Posted by terryc on August 24, 2008, 9:54 am
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:26:13 +1000, David Hare-Scott wrote:
>
> I doubt that variety is the problem.
Which region of sydney are you in?
Posted by David Hare-Scott on August 25, 2008, 1:38 am
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:26:13 +1000, David Hare-Scott wrote:
> >
> > I doubt that variety is the problem.
> Which region of sydney are you in?
I used to live in Manly now north of Newcastle.
David
Posted by terryc on August 25, 2008, 2:01 am
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:38:40 +1000, David Hare-Scott wrote:
> I used to live in Manly now north of Newcastle.
The bees, or other insects are not that effective and cucurbits just don't
produce a crop, except for one lot of cucumbers once (swmbo thinks).
Part of the problem might be bee numbers being in the burbs and the other
part might be competition from five massive gums trees nearby.
I am working on a long term plan to increase native bee numbers as swmbo
is allergic to bee stings.
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> despite hand pollination, so might have been wrong variety.
> Hence my question.