How to Pollinate Squash by Hand
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ImaginAcres
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If your plants are flowering but not producing, it may be time to intervene. Learn how to easily and quickly perform the job normally reserved for the birds and the bees. This article explains the difference between a male and female squash flower, and how pollination works to produce fruit.
Squash flower stamen
Squash flower stigma
Female squash flower that has been properly pollinated
Butternut squash growing
Female flower
Male flower
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What a great tutorial!
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didn't know there was a male and female squash.My biggest problem with growing squash is is the squash bug that comes out of the ground and chews the stalk from the inside out and kills it just before it produces.Last year I put card board down under the plant and it worked
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@Allen B Wow, we've been very lucky not to have troubles with squash bugs, but if we ever do I'll be sure to remember your cardboard trick!
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