When I fear I will be out of town when the stigma is receptive

I mean, it has worked the few times I have tried it…

(Rain is forecast all weekend as well.)


Happy Easter/ spring to all of you!

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Had a good chuckle. Applause from here, as it removes excuses and doubts for me.

It will be on my list of dig deep unconventional methods.

“Long term saturation pollination with visual physical proof of intimate rose parts contact between a rose pair when status quo methods fail”

… reduces the timing pressure when some stigmas only receptive for a few hours as l believe l read here once for spinos.

Of course, this will be the attempt that probably fails me, but thanks to something eating the buds off this young plant, it’s Hail Mary time for this prospective parent.

This lazy gardener’s go-to technique…

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