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This is how gravity, wind and insects pollinate the flowers

The particular advantage of hermaphrodite flowers is that no second Strawberry variety to plants is. The inflorescence within the plant is sufficient for fertilization and thus for the growth of the desired fruits. This is how the pollen is distributed:

• gravity causes the pollen to fall onto other flower stems
• the wind spreads the pollen in the strawberry patch
• busy bees and Bumblebees carry the pollen to bloom

Curious botanists now want to know which form of pollination allows the best strawberries to thrive. In a dedicated field test it turned out that bees and bumblebees perform the most efficient fertilization. The insects carry a lot more pollen with them and distribute it better because they are constantly crawling around on the flowers. The result is a rich one harvest harmoniously shaped, voluminous fruits.

Targeted attracting busy pollinators

Allow harvest yield and fruit size despite being loving care Left to be desired, the solution to the riddle is often due to the inadequate presence of bees and bumblebees in the garden. The following tips show how to attract the pollinators:

• Target plants for cultivation with plenty of nectar and pollen, such as lilac or dead nettle
• Avoid plants with double flowers because they hardly carry any pollen
• plentiful during dry, hot summer days to waterso that the flower pile remains
• offer refuge for insects, such as dry stone walls, rotten tree trunks and flowering hedges
• consistently refrain from using insecticides

The hard-working helpers in the garden can hardly resist a cozy bee hotel. The specialist trade offers ready-made insect hotels. Knowledgeable hobby gardeners build the quarter themselves. From a Tree grate the middle is cut out. Put a brick in it and fill the honeycomb with grass and straw. Suspended in a sheltered place, the hotel does not remain uninhabited for long.

Tips & Tricks

Resourceful breeders recently succeeded in creating a strawberry variety that thrives on the windowsill. Since a natural pollinator rarely gets lost in this place, knowledgeable hobby gardeners help manually. As soon as the flowers open, brush them over the stigma with a fine brush. This procedure should be repeated regularly throughout the flowering period.