Thanks for sharing a great way to pollinate. I did pollinate a few of mine to keep the strain true, I used rubber bands to keep the flowers closed. It seemed to work just fine, but your paper slips are so much more "gentle". Some I left to pollinate on their own and got a strange load of winter squash that were def. cross bred, thanks again Dave.
I love it when you get really into the science of things. I have been following your videos now for about a year and you have taught me so much. Thanks for all of it.
You are very welcome Aaron :) RUclips is just great. So many videos that show how it is done. These days one can learn a lot from books, but I just love seeing how to fix my car from someone on RUclips, as it is less complicated somehow.
thanks my squash just started to flower and there aren't too many blooming wildflowers near by or planted flowers. This really helps a lot, and I should have some heirloom tomato seeds to share on the website by December as well as maybe a few more heirloom fruits/veggies.
Thanks for your feedback, will do :) Actually just filmed two more, will put them up over the next wile. They were tomatoes and their family and also peas. Will be covering lettuces as soon as we have the flowers showing. Have a great day. David.
This is a cool article, because just now I have a unique new winter squash in my own garden. Last year my giant pumpkin pollinated a Burgess buttercup squash. One seedling came up directly out of the center of the old buttercup fruit, and this one flourished. The biggest fruit is now 12" across and still growing, is shaped like a slightly flattened pumpkin, with a "button" on the blossom end like a buttercup squash, and though it's yellow/orange all over, the grooves from the stem end have green in them, and the blossom end has a little green. They're really beautiful so far, and I'm hoping for excellent eating qualities... If so, I'm saving the seeds...
Hey that is exciting that you have something new. Just make sure the giant pumpkin was a pepo too :( Normally giant pumpkins are maxima and as far as I know the squash is a pepo. But in any case sounds like you have something interesting and worth having fun with. If you like you can share the seeds over on heirloomseedsaving even better if you would like to show case it on the forum with some pictures. Would love to see it. Thanks for your post. Best wishes David.
this was more of a hand pollination video to me although you did explain briefly what can be crossed with what but I was expecting (based on title) more demonstration of you mixing different varieties of plants together and what they produced. Still informational though. Thanks for your posts.
Well in a way you might be right :) The out come of what you could expect, when you cross plants would be so varied and difficult, that making a video on it would take several years of filming. For me it would be interesting, but I felt, people should try making their own crosses and then see it first hand on their own plants. To me the title is OK as it explains the heart of it. The flowers and how to pollinate and isolate them. How to select for taste. How to cross what with what. But you are correct I did not put everything into the video. It is hard at times, as otherwise the video would end up a full length movie. But thanks for the feed back hey. Best wishes David.
Have you done any crosses? If you do in the future might make a good mini-series and I don't get out much so I don't mind full length feature films on gardening :D
Natural Jersey Girl Nope I am engaged with the subject at work and have a keen interest in saving seeds, creating seed libraries + making new useful vegetable varieties and of course organic gardening. I am very fortunate to have two very nice seed breeders at work, but also have played around with it in the past. I will try at some point to incorporate more results, as we do have a lot of plants that are showing the differences you mentioned. But for now I am just focused on making a series on showing the steps, on how to make the actual crosses. But thanks for your feed back and interest. Best wishes David.
Im studying horticulture in Ireland and im just curious what is your profession, are you a seed breeder or is this just a hobby? sorry for the personal question. Thanks
Sure you can ask, but you might not like the answer :) No I was never good in school. Am actually dixlexic and terrible at book learning, or for that matter remembering stuff I can never apply to real life. Or stuff I never wanted to learn in the first place :) At least that has been my experience in the past. But I have been interested in gardening since I am four. My Father was into growing food and my Mother used to collect wild herbs for medicine. My profession is as a Landscape gardener and I also worked on a permaculture farm for 5 years. Now I went for a job in a seed saving company and enjoying it immensely. So you can see by that it is my profession and I am lucky enough to have an excellent training. Certified by very happy plants ;) Best wishes David.
+Work With Nature - Organic Gardening, Beekeeping & Seed Saving your video was amazing. Did a great job and it really helped me solve a problem with cross pollination. wish you much success.
Thanks for sharing a great way to pollinate. I did pollinate a few of mine to keep the strain true, I used rubber bands to keep the flowers closed. It seemed to work just fine, but your paper slips are so much more "gentle". Some I left to pollinate on their own and got a strange load of winter squash that were def. cross bred, thanks again Dave.
Really appreciat the slip of paper and paper clip tip. So simple. Thank you!
Very interesting! Nice!
What an interesting set-up you're working in. Please could we have an overview sometime of it all? Thanks! Tim
Glad to Tim.
Hows the weather been for you guys in Ireland.
Here it has been great. I forgot what a summer looks like :)
I love it when you get really into the science of things. I have been following your videos now for about a year and you have taught me so much. Thanks for all of it.
You are very welcome Aaron :)
RUclips is just great. So many videos that show how it is done. These days one can learn a lot from books, but I just love seeing how to fix my car from someone on RUclips, as it is less complicated somehow.
Very good explanation! Thumbs up. :)
Breeding vegetables, and making own varieties is real fun.
Best wishes,
Halvor.
Beautiful sunflower field! Your method is genius!!! Paper and paper clips, how simpler could it be, I love it :)
Actually it is a method I learned from a colleague at work. She came up with it. I will pass on your message ;)
Cheers hey.
David.
I have pumpkins that crossed with zucchini no Bueno, thanks for sharing your method of preventing cross pollination
You make some of the best breeding videos!
thanks my squash just started to flower and there aren't too many blooming wildflowers near by or planted flowers. This really helps a lot, and I should have some heirloom tomato seeds to share on the website by December as well as maybe a few more heirloom fruits/veggies.
Hey great news.
Thanks for letting me know. See you in December hey.
Best wishes David.
yep, and you too
Joseph
That was a lot of good info I going to run get me some paper clips Thank you!
Great Video! Very helpful. Could you do a video in the future showing how to pollinate other vegetables such as lettuce? Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your feedback, will do :)
Actually just filmed two more, will put them up over the next wile. They were tomatoes and their family and also peas. Will be covering lettuces as soon as we have the flowers showing.
Have a great day.
David.
in our country we started to plant squash newly. nice method yep!!!
You can also use cloth pins
What are the advantages of one parent crosses versus two parents crosses?
Thank you very much for this great video
This is a cool article, because just now I have a unique new winter squash in my own garden. Last year my giant pumpkin pollinated a Burgess buttercup squash. One seedling came up directly out of the center of the old buttercup fruit, and this one flourished. The biggest fruit is now 12" across and still growing, is shaped like a slightly flattened pumpkin, with a "button" on the blossom end like a buttercup squash, and though it's yellow/orange all over, the grooves from the stem end have green in them, and the blossom end has a little green. They're really beautiful so far, and I'm hoping for excellent eating qualities... If so, I'm saving the seeds...
Hey that is exciting that you have something new. Just make sure the giant pumpkin was a pepo too :( Normally giant pumpkins are maxima and as far as I know the squash is a pepo. But in any case sounds like you have something interesting and worth having fun with. If you like you can share the seeds over on heirloomseedsaving even better if you would like to show case it on the forum with some pictures. Would love to see it.
Thanks for your post.
Best wishes David.
GREAT video! Thanks for sharing!
Lovely update and thank you for sharing have a blessed day
You to hey :)
Great video, can you mix two different pollens together then use it to cross pollinate
Would it be possible to cross mint with broccoli? Thanks
Thank you for sharing, we are learning so much from you.
Really great info ! Thank you so much for sharing this educational vid .
Very helpfull learned a lot with this one ... thnx David
;)
Cheers mate.
this was more of a hand pollination video to me although you did explain briefly what can be crossed with what but I was expecting (based on title) more demonstration of you mixing different varieties of plants together and what they produced. Still informational though. Thanks for your posts.
Well in a way you might be right :)
The out come of what you could expect, when you cross plants would be so varied and difficult, that making a video on it would take several years of filming. For me it would be interesting, but I felt, people should try making their own crosses and then see it first hand on their own plants.
To me the title is OK as it explains the heart of it. The flowers and how to pollinate and isolate them. How to select for taste. How to cross what with what. But you are correct I did not put everything into the video. It is hard at times, as otherwise the video would end up a full length movie. But thanks for the feed back hey.
Best wishes David.
Have you done any crosses? If you do in the future might make a good mini-series and I don't get out much so I don't mind full length feature films on gardening :D
Natural Jersey Girl
Nope I am engaged with the subject at work and have a keen interest in saving seeds, creating seed libraries + making new useful vegetable varieties and of course organic gardening. I am very fortunate to have two very nice seed breeders at work, but also have played around with it in the past. I will try at some point to incorporate more results, as we do have a lot of plants that are showing the differences you mentioned. But for now I am just focused on making a series on showing the steps, on how to make the actual crosses. But thanks for your feed back and interest.
Best wishes David.
wow thank you for sharing I can't wait to try it
Is that sunflower variety called rotaz something like that sorry if I butchered it's name
Maxima and moschata can actually cross
Nice lesson
Im studying horticulture in Ireland and im just curious what is your profession, are you a seed breeder or is this just a hobby? sorry for the personal question. Thanks
Sure you can ask, but you might not like the answer :)
No I was never good in school. Am actually dixlexic and terrible at book learning, or for that matter remembering stuff I can never apply to real life. Or stuff I never wanted to learn in the first place :) At least that has been my experience in the past. But I have been interested in gardening since I am four. My Father was into growing food and my Mother used to collect wild herbs for medicine. My profession is as a Landscape gardener and I also worked on a permaculture farm for 5 years. Now I went for a job in a seed saving company and enjoying it immensely. So you can see by that it is my profession and I am lucky enough to have an excellent training. Certified by very happy plants ;)
Best wishes David.
+Work With Nature - Organic Gardening, Beekeeping & Seed Saving your video was amazing. Did a great job and it really helped me solve a problem with cross pollination. wish you much success.
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Does this arouse anyone else also?
How to know which flower is male and female as I am only in 9th grade .please help :)
The flower with the small fruit behind it is the female, the male flower has no pumpkin behind it. Have fun growing.
@@workwithnature Thank you very much
Oh nice
am i the only one that is not seeing any bees, in their garden?
They are there alright ;)
But we all miss having more bees !
Can't wait to get in to it myself again.
Has to be next year now :(
Why would you pollination with the same plant? For diversity a different plant should be used. Would you pollination yourself like Obama?
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