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Re: Squash Troubles

Yep, you got it right.  The female blossoms will have a little squash
between the bloom and the plant.  the male blossoms won't.
You can pollinate with a small brush or just pick the male blossom, tear the
petals off and gently swirl it in and around the stamen in the female blossom.

Charlie in Alabama


t 01:09 PM 7/22/97 PST, you wrote:
>Hi Tristan, you wrote:
>
>>I would love to know how to hand pollinate as well.  I only have one
>>summer squash plant and didn't know until reading here, that that was a
>>problem.  Would you mind forwarding any directions you get my way?  I
>>would really appreciate it.  Also, if you know how to identify the male
>>from female, that info would be helpful as well.
>
>So far, no answer on the all male blossoms how do you pollinate question,
>but as far as telling the male from female blossoms, the only way I
>know is that the male blossom is at the end of a skinny stem, and the
>female blossom is at the end of a fatter bulge that eventually becomes
>the fruit. Is this correct, SQFT'rs? Anybody out there?
>
>Shawn
>swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
>Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19
>
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