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May 13, 2016 11:19 AM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
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>> initially there were many more ovules.
>> On other hand each fertile ovule will accept just one fertile pollen grain tube.

OK, thank you, now I'm thinking this:

- each ovule produces at most one seed
- each successful pollen grain produces at most one seed
- initially there are MANY ovules, like more ovules than there can be seeds in that pepper.
- ovules that are not fertilized by a pollen tube produce NO seed, wither and disappear

Thanks very much for hanging in there and answering repeatedly until I understood.

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