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Re: zucchini won't produce


In a message dated 8/21/98 6:43:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pitlover@mail.aros.net writes:

> 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.

   All the cucurbits (watermelons, cantaloupes, squash, cucumber, pumpkins and
some gourds are pretty much self sterile. That doesn't mean you can *never*
get any fruit, but that it will likely be of poor quality and most of the time
you will not even get full development.

    For consistant, quality, production you must have pollenizers (plant
sources of viable pollen), and pollinators (plenty of bees, or you).  You
should be able to stand in a patch of blooming cucurbits and see bees move
from one flower to another 50 times in one minute.
That can be any kind of bee, not just honeybees.

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