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Re: zucchini won't produce


At 10:03 PM 8/19/98 EDT, you wrote:

>   If you have only one plant, and there are no others in the neighborhood,
>you need a pollenizer (a "daddy" plant to provide pollen). Squash pollen is
>not self fertile, in other words, you cannot use pollen from the same plant.
>You obviously have female flowers by now on your plants, but they are not
>getting enough viable pollen.

Would this also hold true for one lone melon plant (somewhat like a
honeydew)? It has flowers right now but no melons appearing yet. Do I need
another plant or will this one self fertilize? Thanks for any advice.

Mike




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