SCJedi
In Bloom
There are multiple ways to do something like this and I have done a couple.
Primarily, when do an OP I leave the males mobile (in pots) and move them around the garden. I tap branches with a bamboo garden stake and move them again in a day or two. I feel that this begins to create a level playing field for who's pollen makes it to waiting females. However, I have also pulled all males out, collected their pollen, mixed it all together, and then spread all pollen evenly across the ladies.
A real OP is just open and fly. The challenge is that no matter what you do there is human interference. What if you unintentionally put that early flowering male right in front of the fan and the champion QB is stuck over in the far corner? Vice-versa?
Primarily, when do an OP I leave the males mobile (in pots) and move them around the garden. I tap branches with a bamboo garden stake and move them again in a day or two. I feel that this begins to create a level playing field for who's pollen makes it to waiting females. However, I have also pulled all males out, collected their pollen, mixed it all together, and then spread all pollen evenly across the ladies.
A real OP is just open and fly. The challenge is that no matter what you do there is human interference. What if you unintentionally put that early flowering male right in front of the fan and the champion QB is stuck over in the far corner? Vice-versa?