Comments on: Clean-up Day http://floridabackyard.org/2009/01/24/clean-up-day/ Growing far too many things in far too small a space. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stacy http://floridabackyard.org/2009/01/24/clean-up-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Stacy Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:51:25 +0000 http://floridabackyard.org/?p=1408#comment-1509 @<a href="#comment-1508" rel="nofollow">Caitlin</a>: Corn is wind-pollinated, so I'm sure that did help. If we bother with it again this year (and I know we will *sigh*), we'll be doing the hand-pollinating, too. @Caitlin: Corn is wind-pollinated, so I’m sure that did help. If we bother with it again this year (and I know we will *sigh*), we’ll be doing the hand-pollinating, too.

]]> By: Caitlin http://floridabackyard.org/2009/01/24/clean-up-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Caitlin Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:31:56 +0000 http://floridabackyard.org/?p=1408#comment-1508 Interesting about the corn - we had much the same problem, but I never saw any ants. Saw other buggies that we never did identify, but I wonder if it all boiled down to the same thing. We got about 6 ears that were edible, and they were delicious enough for me to try again this year. I also "hand-pollinated" some: once the tassels were out, I would rub them all with my hands, one after another. Don't really know if it helped or not, but it made me feel better! ;) Interesting about the corn – we had much the same problem, but I never saw any ants. Saw other buggies that we never did identify, but I wonder if it all boiled down to the same thing.

We got about 6 ears that were edible, and they were delicious enough for me to try again this year.

I also “hand-pollinated” some: once the tassels were out, I would rub them all with my hands, one after another. Don’t really know if it helped or not, but it made me feel better! ;)

]]> By: Jared http://floridabackyard.org/2009/01/24/clean-up-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Jared Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:03:01 +0000 http://floridabackyard.org/?p=1408#comment-1507 So sorry about your peppers and corn! I wonder whether pollinators go somewhere else for a few months. I live in NY, so I don't know anything about pollination in Florida, but I wonder, just the same. Your cat is beautiful. So sorry about your peppers and corn! I wonder whether pollinators go somewhere else for a few months. I live in NY, so I don’t know anything about pollination in Florida, but I wonder, just the same.

Your cat is beautiful.

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