My neighbor down the street has a gorgeous wildflower garden and sometimes I see them netted over. I think it's so the bees don't pollinate and kill the flower but I could be very wrong about that lol. If someone knows please let me know! I'm very curious! Thanks!
by I_will_befine
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It’s been pollinated…it’s starting to grow levels of petals. So they are trying to save seed.
Controlling pollination.
They likely manuall pollinated that flower before covering it.
Either for a pure bread or crossing it with another color in an attempt to ???
They’ll collect the flower for seeds when it dies & dries out.
I’ve been tempted to do this because we have Finches that eat all the seeds.
I came here with a snarky comment in mind, but after reading the responses, I have learned something instead. Thank you for educating me and saving me from myself as I do enjoy this sub.
I can tell you that I do this to my dahlias because if I don’t they will be full of holes and I can’t sell them at my flower stand. Another reason is they want to save the seeds for next year and don’t want them cross pollinated with other flowers
I don’t leave bad sarcastic messages usually. I learned a lot as well, for an old guy, it’s a great thing. Thank you💯💯💯💯💯
We do it to collect seed
I’m planning on doing this with a couple of my zinnias. Since zinnias are open pollinated there’s no guarantee the seeds will be the same as the parent plant. So if I bag it and hand pollinate it then the seeds I get should grow up to look like the plant.
More than likely for breeding purposes.
I belive that your neighbour uses this for seed collecting.
But I have heard that some flower farmers use this method to protect delicate blooms (usually dahlias) from insect damage 🙂
Same reason they put those stupid headbands on their bald-headed babies!
Most of the comments are so Helpful! Thanks! I’ll do this for my Zinnia, Dahlias and Any Asteraceae Flowers when planting them. btw what kind of net is this?