Controlling (stopping Cross Pollination) Flashcards
If you want to grow more than one variety of same family
Determine if plant is self, insect, or wind pollinated
Most flowers are
Wind or insect pollinated
Self-pollinated plants means
Flowers on the plants are designed to pollinate themselves
It’s much more difficult for self pollinators to
Cross-pollinate
Significantly decrease odds of self-pollinators cross-pollinating by
Planting 10 feet apart
Beans
Self
Peas
Self
Lettuce
Self
Peppers
Self
Tomatoes
Self
Eggplant
Self
Onions
Cross
Cucumbers
Cross
Corn
Cross
Pumpkins
Cross
Squash
Cross
Broccoli
Cross
Beets
Cross
Carrots
Cross
Cabbage
Cross
Cauliflower
Cross
Melons
Cross
Radishes
Cross
Spinach
Cross
Turnips
Cross
To prevent Cross-pollinators from cross-pollinating plant same families _ apart
100 yards