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By Alex ESanto
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Hi all!

considering that the weather in here (Potugal) is a little instable, my blooming season has just started and I want to collect some seeds.

I know that cross polination is best succeeded and I know that I can use a small brush to colect the polen and put it in the stamen when it's "fuzzy" but how do I know for certain when the polination is correctly done? Is just by waiting and look for the seeds or is there another way to be sure if the plant is correctly pollinated?

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Alex ESanto wrote:how do I know for certain when the polination is correctly done?
The pollen will stick to the fuzzy stigma (not the stamen) and you can actually see it on there.
Alex ESanto wrote:Is just by waiting and look for the seeds or is there another way to be sure if the plant is correctly pollinated?
And yes, you can also wait after pollinating to see the ovary swell.
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