How to Cross Pollinate Different Vegetables to Create Hybrids

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find out if the two plants are in the same botanical species.

   For example, zucchini, Howden Field pumpkin, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, small decorative gourds, and Jack-Be-Little miniature pumpkins are all members of the same botanical species, C.
   
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   But Butternut squash, Small Sugar pumpkin, White Cushaw pumpkin, and Big Max pumpkin are not in the same botanical species, so they cannot be crossed with this method.
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   Step 2: Cut a male flower off of one variety of the plant.

   ,, The results of cross-pollination will not be expressed in this generation; they will show up in the next. ,, They will grow into plants which make hybrid vegetables.
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   Step 3: Rub the pollen on a female flower of another plant that's within the same botanical species.

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   Step 4: Wait for the fruit to mature and ripen.

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   Step 5: Save the seeds.

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   Step 6: Plant them.

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