Re: Zucchini

Pam,

It does sound like pollination is a problem. When this happens, the little
cukes look like they're developing but then drop off. You can indeed help
the problem out by using a feather or a Q-tip and transferring the pollen
from the  male to female flowers. Female flowers have a little bulge at the
base of the flower while male ones don't.

I often have these symptoms when it's been a wet year. Remember, bees don't
like to fly when it's raining so it's still due to pollination.

Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: Pamela Kock <pkock@one.net>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: Zucchini


> I jinxed myself, evidently, by posting that things were going well in my
> garden.  I have 4 zucchini plants, which seem to be quite healthy and are
> producing lots of little zukes.  Unfortunately, as soon as they get about
> six inches long they turn yellow and shrivel up.  Why, oh why?  Is this a
> pollination problem?  Do you think I could successfully pollinate them by
> hand?  If I don't succeed this year, I swear it's the last time I'll ever
> try growing zucchini because I've grown them for six freakin' years and
> never got a one. :(
>
> Pam
> pkock@one.net
>
>
>
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