Squash Flowers
Hi! I wanted to post today because of my squash.
Over night the bloomed into these beautiful bright yellow flowers. The flowers are fairly large, reminding me of petunias. This is my first time growing them, is this normal? Where do they go from here? |
Squash Flowers
They are beautiful.Soon they will set fruit.
"Jackee" not available wrote in message ... Hi! I wanted to post today because of my squash. Over night the bloomed into these beautiful bright yellow flowers. The flowers are fairly large, reminding me of petunias. This is my first time growing them, is this normal? Where do they go from here? |
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They are beautiful. Because we grow "organic" we like to stuff them
with some type of tuna or ham salad - tie the end with corn silks if you have any or some pretty edible mint maybe. Then arange them on a platter. This has two benefits: taste good control of squash fruit "overrunnage" have fun. Jackee wrote: Hi! I wanted to post today because of my squash. Over night the bloomed into these beautiful bright yellow flowers. The flowers are fairly large, reminding me of petunias. This is my first time growing them, is this normal? Where do they go from here? |
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Just remember to use the male flowers and keep the female ones to
develop into squash. The italians like to batter and deep fry zucchini flowers, maybe squash is similar. il Fri, 07 May 2004 13:05:11 -0500, Mutti Pie ha scritto: They are beautiful. Because we grow "organic" we like to stuff them with some type of tuna or ham salad - tie the end with corn silks if you have any or some pretty edible mint maybe. Then arange them on a platter. This has two benefits: taste good control of squash fruit "overrunnage" have fun. Jackee wrote: Hi! I wanted to post today because of my squash. Over night the bloomed into these beautiful bright yellow flowers. The flowers are fairly large, reminding me of petunias. This is my first time growing them, is this normal? Where do they go from here? -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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How do you tell the male flowers from the female?
On 2004-05-07, Loki wrote: Just remember to use the male flowers and keep the female ones to develop into squash. The italians like to batter and deep fry zucchini flowers, maybe squash is similar. il Fri, 07 May 2004 13:05:11 -0500, Mutti Pie ha scritto: They are beautiful. Because we grow "organic" we like to stuff them with some type of tuna or ham salad - tie the end with corn silks if you have any or some pretty edible mint maybe. Then arange them on a platter. This has two benefits: taste good control of squash fruit "overrunnage" have fun. Jackee wrote: Hi! I wanted to post today because of my squash. Over night the bloomed into these beautiful bright yellow flowers. The flowers are fairly large, reminding me of petunias. This is my first time growing them, is this normal? Where do they go from here? |
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downtime null wrote: How do you tell the male flowers from the female? This site has the information that may help you. Just FYI, I grow zucchini specifically for the blossoms. I only like the 8 ball zuck for stuffing = all others are for the blossoms! Mutti |
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il Sat, 08 May 2004 13:34:24 GMT, downtime null ha scritto:
How do you tell the male flowers from the female? Dunno, I think the female ones will have a little squash/zucchini by the stalk end. I haven't grown any for years. -- Cheers, Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ] |
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"nina" writes:
They are beautiful.Soon they will set fruit. Ah, but you've skipped the crucial pollination step. :-) Encourage bees, else carry out pollination by hand. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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In article , John Savage wrote:
"nina" writes: They are beautiful.Soon they will set fruit. Ah, but you've skipped the crucial pollination step. :-) Encourage bees, else carry out pollination by hand. Also remember that squash have male and female blossoms. They are easy to tell apart: male blossoms have a thin stem, female blossoms have a thick or bulgy stem. Only female blossoms develop into fruit (the fat stem part is what grows into the fruit, at least in zucchini and watermelon). The male blossoms will fall off as they age. ~REZ~ |
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In article , downtime null m wrote:
How do you tell the male flowers from the female? Male flowers have a thin stem. Female flowers have a thick or bulgy stem. Once you examine a few of each, it'll become obvious which is which. Some squash plants only produce male flowers, I don't know why, but I've seen this enough times to know it happens. Frex, I planted three zucchini last year, all from the same seed pack, and only two ever had female blossoms. The third had nothing but male blossoms. ~REZ~ |
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Hi Rez,
Some squash plants only produce male flowers, I don't know why, but I've seen this enough times to know it happens. Frex, I planted three zucchini last year, all from the same seed pack, and only two ever had female blossoms. The third had nothing but male blossoms. If I'm not wrong, the main stem will just give male flower. So it can be the third does not develop side stem. I'm not good in English, but I do hope you understand what I try to say. Regards, Wong |
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In article , "nswong" wrote:
Hi Rez, Some squash plants only produce male flowers, I don't know why, but I've seen this enough times to know it happens. Frex, I planted three zucchini last year, all from the same seed pack, and only two ever had female blossoms. The third had nothing but male blossoms. If I'm not wrong, the main stem will just give male flower. So it can be the third does not develop side stem. Hmm. I have not ever seen that, that I remember. Maybe it applies to a particular variety or climate? I'm not good in English, but I do hope you understand what I try to say. Gotcha! :) ~REZ~ |
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Hi Rez,
Hmm. I have not ever seen that, that I remember. Maybe it applies to a particular variety or climate? Do you mean your squash does not do in this way, or you do not notice it do in this way? I do a search at my notes, but do not find it. It can be I read it wrongly, confuse with something else, or the info does not correct. I will observe it, if I plant squash in the future and still remember this thing. Regards, Wong -- Latitude: 06.10N Longitude: 102.17E Altitude: 5m "Rez" wrote in message link.net... In article , "nswong" wrote: Hi Rez, Some squash plants only produce male flowers, I don't know why, but I've seen this enough times to know it happens. Frex, I planted three zucchini last year, all from the same seed pack, and only two ever had female blossoms. The third had nothing but male blossoms. If I'm not wrong, the main stem will just give male flower. So it can be the third does not develop side stem. Hmm. I have not ever seen that, that I remember. Maybe it applies to a particular variety or climate? I'm not good in English, but I do hope you understand what I try to say. Gotcha! :) ~REZ~ |
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"nswong" writes:
Some squash plants only produce male flowers, I don't know why, but I've seen this enough times to know it happens. Frex, I planted If I'm not wrong, the main stem will just give male flower. So it can That's an interesting theory. I'll try to take note if I get a chance to see some pumpkins to test it out. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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Hi simy1,
I will certainly check on that, I'm glad to know the result, since I will not plant squash in the near future. but about pinching the answer is no. If I recall correctly, the last time I plant a squash by our fence, I prune the main stem and develop two opposite side stem to climb along our fence. It give more than 60 fruit. Any problem I do not aware of by doing the pinching? Regards, Wong -- Latitude: 06.10N Longitude: 102.17E Altitude: 5m |
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In article , "nswong" wrote:
Hi Rez, Hmm. I have not ever seen that, that I remember. Maybe it applies to a particular variety or climate? Do you mean your squash does not do in this way, or you do not notice it do in this way? I mean I have not seen a particular branch have only one type of flower. I do a search at my notes, but do not find it. It can be I read it wrongly, confuse with something else, or the info does not correct. If they were my notes, no one could read them anyway :) I will observe it, if I plant squash in the future and still remember this thing. Yes, I'll be looking next time I plant some, just to see what they do! Of course they'll probably notice the attention and do the opposite, just to be perverse. :) ~REZ~ |
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Larry Blanchard wrote in message ...
In article , says... If I'm not wrong, the main stem will just give male flower. So it can be the third does not develop side stem. That's interesting. Anyone else heard of this? Does this mean we should pinch back the main shoot? I will certainly check on that, but about pinching the answer is no. I eat as many flowers as I can, all males of course, and if I harvest too many the zucchinis abort due to lack of pollination. Leaving 1 male for every 3 females is about as low as you can go given my pollinating insects population. If you remove all males on your plants you will see what I mean. And BTW, last year I had almost all female flowers on 3 plants. Can't win for losing :-). |
They are beautiful. Because of our growth, "organic " stuff that we like them and some types of tuna or ham salad - the end of corn silk tie, or if you have any number of edible mint likely. Then arange them on the plate. This has two advantages: control of squash taste good fruit "overrunnage"
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