You'd think that with all the extra rain and cooler temps this year, that the seed production on the hostas would be very high. I am finding less and less seed pods on the plants as time goes by! Even my most reliable self pollinators are sparsely podded.
I wonder if the timing of the mosquito fogging throughout town this year has anything to do with it. It could have knocked down the bee population also. My 3 favs for seed have so far produced nothing. Delta Pride, Breeder's Choice and Diana Gray Dalton. I used up all my old Delta Pride seeds last year after the squirrels ate my pods last year.
Anyone else seeing a shortage of pods?
mooie
No seeds this year?
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No seeds this year?
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Re: No seeds this year?
Not me! I was walking through the garden last night thinking it is a bumper crop this year. Even plants I have never had set seed are now ripe with pods.
It was hotter and wetter here than usual this summer and I saw TONS of bees out doing their thing.
Alexa
It was hotter and wetter here than usual this summer and I saw TONS of bees out doing their thing.
Alexa
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Re: No seeds this year?
Just the opposite here. I have an extraordinary amount of pods. Mostly carpenter bees and they are working hard.
Pam
Pods on Komodo Dragon
Pam
Pods on Komodo Dragon
Re: No seeds this year?
I'm guessing that the mosquito spraying is the culprit in the lack of bee pollination then. O well, guess there's always next year eh?
mooie
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Re: No seeds this year?
I have pods on everything except what I pollinated and labled. And now it's way tooooooo hot to set pods.