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Re: Squash Pollination -Reply

My female blossoms opened and closed before the male blossoms opened, yet
the squash formed properly. Does this mean that I have virgin squash or
was there some hanky panky going on that I did not observe.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:07:10 -0500 Stephanie D Green <symphony7@JUNO.COM>
writes:
>We save our male blossoms that bloom when there aren't any
>females--the flowers wilt but the pollen is good.  If you still have
>some of those take the paintbrush, rub it around good in the pollen
>and then put the paintbrush in the female and rub the pollen around
>the pollen receiver (sounds a little like bedroom talk doesn't it?).
>If you don't have any of the male blooms that have closed up and
>wilted you'll just have to pray they get in sync--ours did after a
>week or two and one male can pollinate 3-4 females usually (although I
>try to only do 1 male to 2 females).
>
>Stephanie Green
>symphony7@juno.com
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