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Garden Gate:  Flowers...but no veggies??  |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Central MN
USA
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 Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 08:49:53 AM
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My zucchini plants are GIANT with gorgeous flowers all over them. But NO zukes are coming behind those flowers. What's going on?? Same with all my cucumbers plants - tons of flowers, but we aren't seeing any actual cukes come. Ideas? Solutions?
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 09:57:44 AM
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Usally the first flowers to come on a zucchini plant are the male flowers. Same with all of the squash family. Give it a few weeks and you will have both male and female flowers, followed by an abundance of zucchini! The females will actually have a tiny fruit just below the flower, the males just have all stem. Solution- just be patient.
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 10:39:05 AM
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Thanks for explaining that to me. I had always thought that wherever a flower was, a veggie would follow. Guess you learn something everyday!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 12:59:33 PM
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Amy: I'm having the same No zucc's too!!!! Thanks Lillian. I'll be patiently waiting.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 1:30:14 PM
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OHH!!!! So, is it the male flowers on the squash plants that people eat?
I wanted to try squash blossoms this year, but I was afraid that if I ate all the blossoms I wouldn't have any squash left!!!
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1160 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 3:09:18 PM
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You can eat both the male and female flowers. The male flowers are very numerous at first, then the female flowers follow. The female flowers have a swelling at the base of it. This is where the fruit/veggie/whatever forms. As long as you have plenty of bees, flies, and wasps helping you out, you should have plenty of cukes/squash/pumpkins to harvest! Yes, Brenda, I'd imagine if you ate them all, you'd have no squash, lol, though squash is so numerous, surely it can hurt to sacrifice a few!
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OneCraftyBugger
True Blue Farmgirl
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USA
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy
Central MN
USA
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Flowers...but no veggies??
