For a while I was getting some female flowers, I’d hand pollinate them, and they were still failing not taking and shriveling up. Later after a couple more weeks started getting large female flowers which took off after hand pollinating and some I hadn’t even noticed that apparently got pollinated by bees ants or wasps.
Sometimes the hand pollination doesn't always take. I do notice that things get better as the season progresses (probably because more pollinators start showing up).
@@oneseedoneworld yep until they start making large bulbs, even after hand pollinating the smaller female flowers don’t take….right now is when I’m starting to see a lot of good female flowers coming along but we have hardly any bees here at all right now.
Its possible some males have already come and gone before you noticed. However you will need both for proper pollination. But if your females are forming squash (and then the squash is not dying off before fulling maturing) then you did have males in there somewhere and got the needed pollination.
So I’ve fought the squash borer is that what you’ve combated. It’s the larva after the moth lays eggs and it bores holes at the base and you recognize from yellow leaves and drill holes? I covered my plants with cheap bridal veil
Update: I had not previously dealt with vine borers that I ever noticed, but this year, they wiped out my zucchini and also hit my honeyboat squash, which is currently dying off and I'm not sure if it will last long enough to harvest them, or more than a few anyway. To help prevent them (which I will do next year) is you can cover the base of the squash vine in aluminum foil or nylons which prevents them from laying the eggs there. Then tend to lay the eggs at the base unlike the regular squash bug that lays eggs on the leaves. If you miss the eggs, you can sometimes catch the larva early by using a small knife to make a small slit at the base of the vine where you can kill the larva that would see in there, then vine heals back up. Some farmers/gardeners also add additional soil around the base of the vines to help the plant establish new and additional roots so that the plant can still survive long enough for harvest even after the main base is attacked.
I have watched more than 10 of these 'no female flowers" videos. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM TO APPEAR. Things we now know so well we can recite in our sleep: 1. Makes appearance en masse at first, like so far for me, 6 wks.of glory in males only. 2. Trim all the too big leaves off at bottom. Done, the lush, ebullient foilage is pruned fir pollinators, and I have my back up tiny art paintbrush ready just in case. 3.more water, drip line for an hour twice a day...no spraying leaves though, rain is good for nitrogen. Hooray it rained twice this week. 4. Squash stem bugs...none in yet, nor caterpillars in folded leaves, nor eggs underneath...and I wrapped bottom of stems with foil yesterday too. Just in case. 5.needs bone meal. Alrighty, gave them some last week, and so far nasturtiums love it, do do scallions. NEXT please, desperate.
Are they getting enough sun? I planted some zucchini a couple of years ago in an area that only got a half day of sun. They only produced male flowers all season. The plants won't put off female flowers until they know the environment is right. What are the temps like in your area?
Did you try trimming off some male flowers? I was watching GreenT Garden's RUclips channel and this was one of his tips. I still haven't had success for my zucchinis as my zone is going through a massive heatwave and stressing out all my plants and all flowers are dropping off.
@@purrmaculture Seems like a lot of people are having issues with zucchini this year from what I have read. Pinching off some of the male flowers can help increase quantity and quality of your squash, although I haven't done it myself, since I still get plenty of zucchini without doing it.
Cont.... and that kept the moth off and I still had pollination. Bridal veil disintegrated after one season. This year I’ve hand plucked any eggs. How have you combated? I also stabbed them in the vine and used 7 not a fan of.
I have not had issue with the vine borer. Instead, I have squash bugs, which look a little bit like stink bugs, but have orange/reddish markings that are visible when they fly. They lay bronze colored egg patches on the leaves. They also transmit Yellow Vine Decline which causes yellowing and wilting and death of the plant. I have been catching them by hand and squishing them, and today I found probably 7 or 8 egg patches on various squash leaves that I also removed and squished. They are really bad this year since we had such a mild winter.
Hi I planted sunburst squash in a hanging basket but upside down , I’m wanting to put it in the ground because to me the flowers look like they are going to get squashed up against the base of the pot, can I transplant it into the ground if it’s flowering ?
Most likely, the plant will experience transplant shock, where many of the leaves will die off. However, if you give it some good organic fertilizer, it may have a good chance at survival. Just be aware it may take some time to come back and produce for you. Generally, I direct seed my squash and don't transplant them because they always seem to take so long to recover, but people do transplant them successfully every year. Make sure you keep up with regular watering as well until the roots reestablish.
@@oneseedoneworld Nothing against Dudes lol, but No Chicks, No Squash" All that work for nothing...but alas, Jacques Pepin , the chef, just posted a recipe for fried male squash blossoms. Just snip them off, batter them and fry them up. Looks like you only need a few male flowers for pollination. :-)
@@daniellemoreau3201 Very true you don't need many for the pollination :) I have heard so many good things about fried and batter squash blossoms, but have yet to try it. One of these seasons, I'll get around to making some.
It could be possible, but I couldn't find information specific to pH and male flowers. The ideal pH for zucchini growth is between 6.0 to 7.5. If the pH is out of balance, the plant may tend to just drop blossoms (male or female) without producing fruit.
@@oneseedoneworld … thank you for your prompt response… I have a blue berry bush about a 18 inches away from my squash plant. Every so often I put soil acidifying granules for the blue berry bush.
@Rina Patel since they're that close , it's possible that could be affecting them. You could perhaps put a small amount of bone meal around the zucchini (although that could also offset the acidity for the blueberry. If you can, in the future try planting the zucchini farther away from the blueberry and see if you get better results.
This was very helpful. Growing squash for the first time.
Thank you! Hope you have good success with your crop!
Finally got an answer to my question! Tks.
I cant keep up with my squash harvest, so I just leave them alone. Making summer squash lasagna again today!! And, tomatillo salsa for enchiladas!!
Thats a good problem to have!
For a while I was getting some female flowers, I’d hand pollinate them, and they were still failing not taking and shriveling up. Later after a couple more weeks started getting large female flowers which took off after hand pollinating and some I hadn’t even noticed that apparently got pollinated by bees ants or wasps.
Sometimes the hand pollination doesn't always take. I do notice that things get better as the season progresses (probably because more pollinators start showing up).
@@oneseedoneworld yep until they start making large bulbs, even after hand pollinating the smaller female flowers don’t take….right now is when I’m starting to see a lot of good female flowers coming along but we have hardly any bees here at all right now.
@@davids11131113 So now you just need to get some bees 🙂
Thank you very much, this was the most informative video on the subject.
Mine are all female and no males ready. What do I do?
Its possible some males have already come and gone before you noticed. However you will need both for proper pollination. But if your females are forming squash (and then the squash is not dying off before fulling maturing) then you did have males in there somewhere and got the needed pollination.
So I’ve fought the squash borer is that what you’ve combated. It’s the larva after the moth lays eggs and it bores holes at the base and you recognize from yellow leaves and drill holes? I covered my plants with cheap bridal veil
Update: I had not previously dealt with vine borers that I ever noticed, but this year, they wiped out my zucchini and also hit my honeyboat squash, which is currently dying off and I'm not sure if it will last long enough to harvest them, or more than a few anyway.
To help prevent them (which I will do next year) is you can cover the base of the squash vine in aluminum foil or nylons which prevents them from laying the eggs there. Then tend to lay the eggs at the base unlike the regular squash bug that lays eggs on the leaves. If you miss the eggs, you can sometimes catch the larva early by using a small knife to make a small slit at the base of the vine where you can kill the larva that would see in there, then vine heals back up. Some farmers/gardeners also add additional soil around the base of the vines to help the plant establish new and additional roots so that the plant can still survive long enough for harvest even after the main base is attacked.
Too much rain, no female Flower
Ni female Flower
Upset
I have watched more than 10 of these 'no female flowers" videos.
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO GET THEM TO APPEAR.
Things we now know so well we can recite in our sleep:
1. Makes appearance en masse at first, like so far for me, 6 wks.of glory in males only.
2. Trim all the too big leaves off at bottom. Done, the lush, ebullient foilage is pruned fir pollinators, and I have my back up tiny art paintbrush ready just in case.
3.more water, drip line for an hour twice a day...no spraying leaves though, rain is good for nitrogen. Hooray it rained twice this week.
4. Squash stem bugs...none in yet, nor caterpillars in folded leaves, nor eggs underneath...and I wrapped bottom of stems with foil yesterday too. Just in case.
5.needs bone meal. Alrighty, gave them some last week, and so far nasturtiums love it, do do scallions.
NEXT please, desperate.
Are they getting enough sun? I planted some zucchini a couple of years ago in an area that only got a half day of sun. They only produced male flowers all season. The plants won't put off female flowers until they know the environment is right. What are the temps like in your area?
@@oneseedoneworld Full sun 86 degrees.
Did you try trimming off some male flowers? I was watching GreenT Garden's RUclips channel and this was one of his tips. I still haven't had success for my zucchinis as my zone is going through a massive heatwave and stressing out all my plants and all flowers are dropping off.
@@purrmaculture Seems like a lot of people are having issues with zucchini this year from what I have read. Pinching off some of the male flowers can help increase quantity and quality of your squash, although I haven't done it myself, since I still get plenty of zucchini without doing it.
Maybe the bees need the pollen! Leave them for the bees to help to save the planet.
Agreed. Wasn't suggesting on removing them. Just giving info on why they happen.
Cont.... and that kept the moth off and I still had pollination. Bridal veil disintegrated after one season. This year I’ve hand plucked any eggs. How have you combated? I also stabbed them in the vine and used 7 not a fan of.
I have not had issue with the vine borer. Instead, I have squash bugs, which look a little bit like stink bugs, but have orange/reddish markings that are visible when they fly. They lay bronze colored egg patches on the leaves. They also transmit Yellow Vine Decline which causes yellowing and wilting and death of the plant. I have been catching them by hand and squishing them, and today I found probably 7 or 8 egg patches on various squash leaves that I also removed and squished. They are really bad this year since we had such a mild winter.
Hi I planted sunburst squash in a hanging basket but upside down , I’m wanting to put it in the ground because to me the flowers look like they are going to get squashed up against the base of the pot, can I transplant it into the ground if it’s flowering ?
Most likely, the plant will experience transplant shock, where many of the leaves will die off. However, if you give it some good organic fertilizer, it may have a good chance at survival. Just be aware it may take some time to come back and produce for you. Generally, I direct seed my squash and don't transplant them because they always seem to take so long to recover, but people do transplant them successfully every year. Make sure you keep up with regular watering as well until the roots reestablish.
Thank you! My squash patch looks like a Dude Ranch!
Is that a good or a bad thing? 😄
@@oneseedoneworld Nothing against Dudes lol, but No Chicks, No Squash" All that work for nothing...but alas, Jacques Pepin , the chef, just posted a recipe for fried male squash blossoms. Just snip them off, batter them and fry them up. Looks like you only need a few male flowers for pollination. :-)
@@daniellemoreau3201 Very true you don't need many for the pollination :) I have heard so many good things about fried and batter squash blossoms, but have yet to try it. One of these seasons, I'll get around to making some.
@@oneseedoneworld when I make stuff peppers I stuff the zucchini or pumpkin flowers too they are delicious 😋
Helpful hints… does it have to do with soil PH?
It could be possible, but I couldn't find information specific to pH and male flowers. The ideal pH for zucchini growth is between 6.0 to 7.5. If the pH is out of balance, the plant may tend to just drop blossoms (male or female) without producing fruit.
@@oneseedoneworld … thank you for your prompt response… I have a blue berry bush about a 18 inches away from my squash plant. Every so often I put soil acidifying granules for the blue berry bush.
@Rina Patel since they're that close , it's possible that could be affecting them. You could perhaps put a small amount of bone meal around the zucchini (although that could also offset the acidity for the blueberry. If you can, in the future try planting the zucchini farther away from the blueberry and see if you get better results.
@@oneseedoneworld thank you 😊