Well we have male flower pods!
A tad frustrated though since they are doing the exact same thing that the other one did, mature and then die off without opening. I am patiently picking off the shriveling pods and attempting to pollinate the female that I have going (which is a pin up model by the way ha!).
I am carefully splitting the pods open and rubbing them on the white pistils of two lower branches. Hopefully this will work. I do admit to feeling like a contortionist at times... Plants being three dimensional and carefully pinching the tweezers while rubbing a tiny little flower on them does seem like a strange activity for a person to do, especially when the branch is out of direct reach
I hope this works!!
Now, I have been confused as to why exactly my last two plants have been doing this while the first had fully formed pollen filled flowers. The only difference I can see is that the first was not LST'd. This makes me wonder if the plant isn't just plain too stressed, or perhaps it is a circulation issue due to all the bending.
The problem is that there just isn't enough room to let a plant grow straight up in the Aerogarden. Even using LST there are tops that are getting burned by the lights. This has made me make a decision to do my next reversal in a regular DWC bucket and use my old LED light to grow it. I am excited to see if this will make a big difference. The problem is I know this will make a big plant... Hopefully full of pollen:/
A tad frustrated though since they are doing the exact same thing that the other one did, mature and then die off without opening. I am patiently picking off the shriveling pods and attempting to pollinate the female that I have going (which is a pin up model by the way ha!).
I am carefully splitting the pods open and rubbing them on the white pistils of two lower branches. Hopefully this will work. I do admit to feeling like a contortionist at times... Plants being three dimensional and carefully pinching the tweezers while rubbing a tiny little flower on them does seem like a strange activity for a person to do, especially when the branch is out of direct reach
I hope this works!! Now, I have been confused as to why exactly my last two plants have been doing this while the first had fully formed pollen filled flowers. The only difference I can see is that the first was not LST'd. This makes me wonder if the plant isn't just plain too stressed, or perhaps it is a circulation issue due to all the bending.
The problem is that there just isn't enough room to let a plant grow straight up in the Aerogarden. Even using LST there are tops that are getting burned by the lights. This has made me make a decision to do my next reversal in a regular DWC bucket and use my old LED light to grow it. I am excited to see if this will make a big difference. The problem is I know this will make a big plant... Hopefully full of pollen:/
