I have 8 acorn squash plants and so far only one fruit. I have been pollenating them by going from flower to flower with a Q-tip twirling it around inside the flower and then repeating going back the way I came. I read several threads in this forum noting that sometimes squash produce only female flowers and I read about how to tell the difference. However, this is new to me and all the flowers look the same. I suspect that they are all female but, since they all look the same, I'm not sure. I took a picture (a 112KB .JPG) but it keeps saying "Upload failed" so I can't attach it. The flowers do have a bulb at the base and some are larger or smaller. If this is the case, I guess I should keep looking until I find a male flower and try with my Q-tip method to pollenate as many female flowers as I can. I did see one bee when I took this picture and I'm getting a good crop of cucumbers and tomatoes right close by.

Ken Lichtsinn wrote:
I have 8 acorn squash plants and so far only one fruit. I have been
pollenating them by going from flower to flower with a Q-tip twirling
it around inside the flower and then repeating going back the way I
came. I read several threads in this forum noting that sometimes
squash produce only female flowers and I read about how to tell the
difference. However, this is new to me and all the flowers look the
same. I suspect that they are all female but, since they all look the
same, I'm not sure. I took a picture (a 112KB .JPG) but it keeps
saying "Upload failed" so I can't attach it. The flowers do have a
bulb at the base and some are larger or smaller. If this is the case,
I guess I should keep looking until I find a male flower and try with
my Q-tip method to pollenate as many female flowers as I can. I did
see one bee when I took this picture and I'm getting a good crop of
cucumbers and tomatoes right close by.




http://www.beeculture.com/content/po...ndbook/307.gif for a look.

Lar

Thanks for the help; I guess they're not all female but all male flowers. This time I got the picture to upload.

On 8/7/07 6:34 PM, in article , "Ken
Lichtsinn" wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2byncl for a look

So we are now promoting voyeurism an dirty pictures. :=)

Bill
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In article ,
Salmon Egg wrote:

On 8/7/07 6:34 PM, in article , "Ken
Lichtsinn" wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/2byncl for a look

So we are now promoting voyeurism an dirty pictures. :=)

Bill

Plant porn! G
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