2022
Date palm flourishes during the month of March-April only in a year and fruit starts to ripe in August-September
Date Palms are unique in that they are either a male tree or a female tree. The male trees produce pollen, and the female trees produce flowers. Unfortunately, neither birds or bees are attracted to the flowers, so the females have to be hand pollinated.
(male flower with pollen)
(Female Flower)
(Male and female flowers)
The Female trees have the same kind of sheath, and as they begin to flower, The sheath will removed and separate each strand and then tie the strands together and hand pollinate the flowers using the fresh pollen that were collected from the male trees.
(Hand pollinated female tree. Male flower on top of the female flowers)
We can enjoy the half ripened unique fruits in August-September
