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?

They are beautiful.Soon they will set fruit.

"Jackee" not available wrote in message
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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?

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?

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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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?

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

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.
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Cheers,
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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.
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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~

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~

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

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?

And BTW, last year I had almost all female flowers on 3 plants.
Can't win for losing :-).

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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~

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

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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~

"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.
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