Every morning during daylily season, it has been a race to get to the daylilies and get their pollen before the marauding carpenter bees swoop in and steal it. Here is how I finally foiled them.
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
I use the same kind of bags to sequester my Morning Glory's. If the petals tend to get in the way (like with doubles and triples), the night before I take a pair of cuticle scissors and cut off the petals just above the calyx. The next morning when the anther's release the pollen I remove the bag and do my hand pollinating.
I also use the bags around pods so as you said, you won't lose seeds and insect and birds can't get to them.
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Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly" South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b) "The mountains are calling..."
You hybridize morning glories? COOL!
I hadn't thought of removing the petals... however... given that some days there are only a few to one bloom(s), and I want to enjoy the blooms (as much as possible), I probably won't.
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
Yes I do .. I also put bags around flowers after I hand pollinate for 2 days so no other pollinators like insects or airborne pollen can contaminate it.
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Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
Thanks!
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