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Re: NO CLUES.....?

Hi Utah!

That process explained by everyone else works for cucumbers as well as
for squash, pumpkin, gourds, etc, in fact, everything that has both male
and female flowers.  I use the following method - take your male flower,
peel off all the petals, and rub the pistil (I guess that's what it is -
the bit with the pollen or whatever on it) and rub it on the
corresponding bits on the female flower.  The female is the one with the
ovary (ie. the baby cuke) under the flower.  This should work very well,
in fact it has done so here.  So go forth and pollinate!

Lisa Hafey

utah blaine wrote:

> so nobody knows how to pollinate cuc's
> by hand if ya have a bee shortage..?
> and thats cucumers fer the sticklers out there
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