Reply To: My organic no-till grow

[Somatek]

That sounds interesting, I’m going to have to look it up as I enjoy different vegetables and also hate growing lettuce as I prefer greens you can cut and keep harvest.

If you use a plastic bag the high humidity will reduce the viability of the pollen.  Paper bags work well though as long as their tied lightly around the branch.  You’ll need to open them to check to see if the flowers have opened and dropped pollen, just make sure all fans are off first.  As branches open and drop their pollen they can be cut off while the bags tied tightly so they can be taken elsewhere to collect the pollen.  When you’re selectively pollinating the lower branches (that way you can harvest the prime tops and leave the lowers to ripen as seed) just make sure all the fans are off and left off until the pollen has had a chance to impregnate the ova’s before the tent is sprayed down to kill any stray pollen so it doesn’t get blown around to pollinate randomly.  Hope that helps figure out a plan of action.