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Glenna Rose · 12-08-2007, 04:19 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

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"Steve Peek" wrote:

Are there any male flowers on the plant? It sounds like a lack of
pollination.
Steve
"Penny O" wrote in message
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I have a couple of squash plants growing really well up a bamboo
wigwam.
They have produced loads of flowers, and then start to develop small
yellow squash. However, the squash don't grow more than 2-3 inches in
diameter, then stop. The earliest ones have now gone a bit brown, so i
took them off. There are about 10-12 other squash still on the plant.
Are there too many? They are growing in our own compost in a raised
bed. How do i make them grow bigger?
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Penny O

As Steve says, lack of fertilization. Until the bees show up, you should
take the flowers that are at the end of the long stems and poke them
gently into the flowers that are attached to the branches of the plant.
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FB - FFF

I'm thinking that there seems to have been more pollination issues this
year than usual. Perhaps next spring, we should make certain to plant
borage plants near what appear to be this year's hard-to-pollinate plants.
The bonus is the flowers, slightly cucumber taste, to add to salads.
With borrage, one does not lack for bees.

Glenna

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