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Old 23-07-2003, 10:12 PM
Larry Blanchard
 
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Default Zucchini squash hex
In article ,
says...
I think maybe you screwed up. Those sound like male flowers, and squash
often start out producing all male flowers and add female flowers a week or
two later.


Well, no, he said "extended stem" which sounds like the female flowers to
me.

Anyway, I've got the same problem. The female flowers do produce fruit,
but it turns yellow and dies from lack of pollination when it's only an
inch or so long.

This morning I found a male flower and about 4 female flowers open. Out
came the Q-tips and I did a little artificial insemination.

But I noticed what may be the root of the problem. Down inside every
female flower, around the base, were several ants. That sound familiar
to anyone?

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