Re: Onlty male flowers on Squash
- Subject: Re: Onlty male flowers on Squash
- From: T* V* O*
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:58:59 -0700
- Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:40:47 -0700
- Resent-From: v*@eskimo.com
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Nesa,
Squash normally sends out male flowers first, just in case the weather
becomes unpredictable early in the season. Male flowers are expendable!
If the weather has been unusually cool or your plants are stressed in
anyway, this can sometimes delay female flowers.
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: Nesa <nesa@pacific.net.sg>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 8:44 PM
Subject: Onlty male flowers on Squash
I have 2 plants that have been flowering for a month but are only producing
male flowers.Lots of them . These are Peter Pan. Is there a reason?Will I
ever get fruit?I'm in Singapore and my other planst are fine.
