"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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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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Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
Thanks! I never would have imagined doing that. I only have the one plant -
so maybe that is a problem? However, I have gotten a few good-sized zucs so
far. I'll give this a shot and see what happens.
Karen
I have the same question about the WMDs!