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14-07-2006, 11:31 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

In article ,
sherwindu wrote:

wrote:

Sounds like they aren't getting pollinated. That is especially a
problem when you only have one or two. Personally, I plan to
have maybe four or five this coming spring.

The flowers on the ends of the small zucchinis are female. The
flowers on regular stems are male. There has to be one of each
open at the same time for pollination to happen. Check them each
morning, and if you see an eligible couple, take the male flower
off, peel the petals back, and smoosh it into the female flower.

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Gee, I thought I was the only crazy one going around playing bee on
my apple trees with a que tip.

Sherwin D.

Four or five zucchini? Are you mad, man? No way you can eat it as fast
as it grows. I can hardly wait for the headlines, "Rouge Zuchs loose in
County".

Que tips, huh? This appeals to my boyish sense of perversion. Now where
did I leave my rubber gloves?

Anyway, thanks everybody.