- cross-posted to:
- randomcrosspost@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- randomcrosspost@sh.itjust.works
Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.
Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.
The fuck is a “male” plant ovary?
When I see nonsense like this, I then distrust the entire YSK.
Testicles(!)
Yaaa the whole gendered fruit thing I will never understand
I dont know about watermelons but there are a plethora of plants that can not produce fruit without being pollinated by another plant. Also if you ever self pollinate a plant you’ll have to recognize the 2 different parts. Is it just the calling them male/female that bothers you? Edit: I guess I should say plants/flowers can have a sex, fruits I don’t think would. They are just seed dispersers I believe.
Hmm I’m no plant expert, so maybe I’m wrong about this but I thought fruit always grows after pollen moves to an egg like part of the flower/plant, so the ‘sex’ of the fruit is always a combined pollen+egg like cell. This cell develops into a seed while the surrounding plant grows the fruit for various reasons. Maybe there is a heterozygous genetic trait in some plants where we could label the individual as sex A or B, but I thought self pollinating plants were basically both sexes at the same time??? Idk… Maybe I should do some googling but heck the fediverse needs content :P