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Old 01-07-2004, 06:02 PM
Larry Blanchard
 
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Default Zucchini problem
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This is a yellow zucchini. It's growing vigorously with an abundance of
flowers and zucs, but many of the zucs start turning mushy when the flowers
fade. Is there anything I can do to stop this?

They're not getting pollinated. The blooms with the baby
zucchini are female, the ones without are male. Break off a
male bloom, expose the pistil, and rub it on the female stamens.
Yep, you're artificially inseminating a plant :-).

I seem to have better luck if the male bloom is from a different
plant than the female bloom.

And the blooms are short-lived so you should check every day.

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