Great video! All great varieties. I've gotten a lot of fruit from all but Palora, which is still too young yet. But even the self-fertile varieties can have a hard time setting fruit, as their pollen viability seems to depend on vine age, nutrition, blossoming time, time in the season, and temperature and humidity. Maybe in a more consistently warm climate they'd do better. I've noticed that there is a lot of conflicting information on the web as to which varieties are really self-fertile and self-pollinating or not, and that seems consistent with my observations that different growing conditions affect pollen viability. So, even for the self-fertile varieties I've had better success if I hand pollinate using pollen from a reliable source, like an undatus variety (Vietnam White) or Sugar Dragon if possible.
Thanks for all the info! I too heard that even if a variety is called Self-Fertile, it is better to hand pollinate because the fruits end up being bigger. I hadn't thought about which pollens would be a "reliable source", but once I start getting flowers I'll have to read up on that.
Great video! All great varieties. I've gotten a lot of fruit from all but Palora, which is still too young yet. But even the self-fertile varieties can have a hard time setting fruit, as their pollen viability seems to depend on vine age, nutrition, blossoming time, time in the season, and temperature and humidity. Maybe in a more consistently warm climate they'd do better. I've noticed that there is a lot of conflicting information on the web as to which varieties are really self-fertile and self-pollinating or not, and that seems consistent with my observations that different growing conditions affect pollen viability. So, even for the self-fertile varieties I've had better success if I hand pollinate using pollen from a reliable source, like an undatus variety (Vietnam White) or Sugar Dragon if possible.
Thanks for all the info! I too heard that even if a variety is called Self-Fertile, it is better to hand pollinate because the fruits end up being bigger. I hadn't thought about which pollens would be a "reliable source", but once I start getting flowers I'll have to read up on that.