Hand Pollination of Vegetables – Harvest to Table

Hand Pollination of Vegetables – Harvest to Table

Hand pollination; a male flower stamen is rubbed against the female flower pistil transferring pollen. Hand pollination is the manual transfer of pollen from the stamen of one plant to the pistil of another–that is from a male flower to a female flower. Members of the Cucurbit family–squash, melons, pumpkins, and cucumbers–often have pollination problems