What are ways plants reproduce and what makes them NOT! self pollinating?
One other way plants reproduce is through cloning (no, not that kind). They can send out runners or stolons or even just roots and a new (but genetically identical) individual will grow at some point along the runner/stolon/root (there is a grove of Aspen trees that is one genetic individual that covers over 100 acres). They can also “pup”, where the new plant grows directly from the stem of the parent (commonly seen in cacti). And many plants CAN and DO self pollinate. The ones that don’t self pollinate avoid it either by having male and female flowers on different individual plants, or by having the the two sexes mature at different times on the same individual plant. I think there’s at least one other way to avoid self pollination, but I can’t recall it/them right now.
