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Re: Interesting twin blossom

You think that's weird -- I have lots of conjoined (i.e. Siamese twins)
females on my yellow crookneck summer squash that are developing into twin
squashies! Twice the fun and all the flavour!

Your female blossoms are likely dropping off because they haven't been
pollinated. That's what they do -- turn yellow and abort, if you haven't
dabbed on the male flowers' pollen.

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> From: Nikki Randquist <nikki@leavitt.com>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Interesting twin blossom
> Date: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 7:57 AM
> 
> 	I have a joined twin male blossom growing on one of my plants and
wondered
> if this is a common thing.  How often do these occur?
> 	On another note, I have female blossoms dropping off the plant before
the
> fruit gets much beyond the size of a pea.  It just turns a sickly yellow
> and then drops off within hours.  Does this mean the plant is getting too
> much water?
> 
> Nikki
> (US West has a sub-contractor here today ripping out the north east
corner
> of our yard.. Oh the lengths we will go to in protecting our pumpkins!)
> 
>     
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> 
> Nikki@leavitt.com
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