Update: I added garden lime 3 weeks ago and finally I have a squash 🎉🎉 I kept pruning as you recommended and was at the verge of giving up. But today it was there big and beautiful hiding between the leaves. Thanks!!!
thank you! I didnt know there could be fruit if it wasn't pollinated, I assumed that like tomatoes if there was fruit it was pollinated! Thanks again. Now I can go out and hand pollinate any new flowers!
Yep happens to me all the time every year. I will try the calcium and start trimming up. I do have bees working hard but might not be reaching all the flowers. Thank you for the excellent info.
Sorry that you have this problem, but if you have bees , definitely light pruning and adding calcium will do the job!!! And you welcome!! Thank you for watching 💚
Yes, the past 2-3 years I've got little production from mine as well. So better pruning practice and hand pollinating from now on. Also another thing people can do is buy parthenocarpic seeds. These require NO pollination at all. They grow the same way but don't need to be pollinated. Their fruits have no seeds.
Do you actually keep one zucchini plant for multiple years? I am not judging but I have always just started some every year. How do you overwinter zucchini?
@@GreentgardenHi I am pretty new to your channel and love it! I am relatively close in Jersey. I had great productivity in the beginning. Then suddenly about a month ago my zucchini bottom leaves are yellow with brown dying edges plus the female buds are turning yellow shriveling before even opening. Even at the tiniest stage. I have added calcium twice now since a month, I have pruned leaves underneath and pull off the dying buds. The male flowers are fine so I’m saving in the fridge. My watering is pretty consistent and I’ve done a lot of prevention from vine borers and spend hours weekly picking eggs off and caring for my plants. I’m really at a loss at this point. I have no luck with zucchini, squash and also beets not bulbing in my zone 7a. I have watched all videos on RUclips about this and still researching everywhere. I feel like every single plant in my gardens are having issues. Do you have any other suggestions or tips?
So typically it will be a sign of too much water or sometimes lack of nutrition.. If you see brown spots in it, check on underneath the leaves , make sure you don't have any bugs .. Increase your fertilizer and keep adding every 2 weeks. Also do not water too much.. Water every 2 to 3 days lightly if it's really hot water once a day lightly
I have 6 plants. 1 of them have more light green leaves compared to deep grass green leaves on my other 5. I see the baby zuch on the female blossom are also that light green moving to yellow. I am gonna add the Tums crushed in water and try it. My soil is good organic and I just composted and add Bloom synthetic watering. I took your advise and pruned like crazy. I have lots of male flowers and have had 2 zuch fruits that looked normal size and then about 4 to 6 small 2 -3" zuch fruits (not sure if they pollinated or just small because the container might be restriction.). Thanks for a great vid
Might be the container size or it might be if the weather is too hot sometimes the plant gets more stressed out or sometimes need more nutrition.. I've been using garden lime. Makes a bit of water to boost the calcium up. It works really fast... Watch out for squash bugs and vine borders too , dealing with that right now in my garden. Got a video for that soon ... And thank you so much 🙏💚
@@Greentgarden what garden lime do you recommend? I am an organic gardener as mich as possible with seeds, soil, treatments and amendments. I have used 2 synthetic leaning bloosom and root supplements but that is all.
That's the best way to go organic, Check into the description box. I have a link for more details. It's organic garden lime. I got it from Amazon.. this year i try to keep it mostly organic stuff, like I'm doing my own home compost. I use fresh grass clipping and used coffee grounds so far.. and now this garden lime , cause I was losing too..
I'm so glad i found your videos! I've had so many issues with zucchini planting. Some female flowers dont even open up at all for me to hand pollinate. The petals just remain sealed shut and then shrivel up and rot..I know they didn't open because the petals are so fairly hard. Have you experienced that before and would you know what the problem is? Thanks!
I had this problem before, so I know the flowers open in the morning and only one day to pollinate, if the flower rots before opening, it means the plant is in stress , could be a watering problem (over watering mostly) or need more nutrients , add organic fertilizer, fresh soil or home compost , after doing these give it a couple days should be good .. always do a light pruning it helps.. I do have a video on pruning a zucchini in playlist
Thanks a lot for the information, very helpful. However, I have one question: if there is already a zucchini, doesn’t that mean that the pollination already occurred? I got confused there? Are there different levels of pollination? Many thanks again…
When the zucchini is about 3 inches the flowers will open. If the flowers do not get pollinated it will not continue growing... Plants will normally produce male and female flowers automatically..
Hi, my problem is I get many tiny 1" female ovaries on the plant. The tiny 1" female zucchini turns yellow and falls off. It doesn't even make a flower. Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank You.
Very sorry to hear that. So if the flower is not opening which mean the plant is under stress.. This could either be lack of calcium or unbalanced watering.. I would increase the fertilizer and the calcium right away and keep reapplying every 2 to 3 weeks.. I would water every 1 to 2 days lightly whether in the morning or even in time try to stick to a water schedule.. Also remove 2 to 3 lower leaves to get a better air flow and a better production.. Organic calcium amzn.to/3AwpFvj (Amazon #ad
Some of my zucchini get 3 or 4 inches long with a nice flower on the end that never opens to be pollenated. They look health and green then start drying up without he flower ever opening.
Sorry to hear that , So basically the plant is stressed out or lacks calcium.. try to increase the calcium and the fertilizer.. Also try to stick to your water schedule if you're watering morning time try to stick with morning time or even in the same.. Water every 2 to 3 days.. Add fertilizer every 2 weeks.. You already at fertilizer to the plant at some of this calcium to help.. amzn.to/4bZl1mS (Amazon #ad It works pretty good.. once you increase the fertilizer and you add this calcium , give it some time it will produce..
I never tried lemon juice before, but you could also milk whole milk with water and add that to the plant .. it's lack of Calcium that's why your losing squash..
Oh yea , some people think they are pollinators and some people think they eat the pollen.. can't see when ants will take pollen from a male to female flowers lol I tried to keep ants out of my garden. I sprinkling the cayenne peppers around and if I see them in the flower I take a small brush and remove them gently..
@Greentgarden yah I've been just shooing them out with a stick haha. They are eating underneath the stigma or tye style that has the female ends. I actually think this is why my zucs are rotting from the top. Thanks for the tip brotha. I'll try cayenne.
Oh sorry man , that sucks. It did happen to me several times until I realized the ends were literally eating on my pollen I guess.. So I started to get rid of them and it helps
Oh sorry, So Ants do not pollinate they'll just eat out your pollen .. gently take a brush and get them out from your flowers.. You might have to hand pollen it early in the morning.. Try to get some flower plants, even lavender plants that attract some bees
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Update:
I added garden lime 3 weeks ago and finally I have a squash 🎉🎉
I kept pruning as you recommended and was at the verge of giving up. But today it was there big and beautiful hiding between the leaves. Thanks!!!
Nice !!!! Awesome I love it.. your welcome...and good work.. keep it up 🙏🏾🌱 thank you for sharing with us.. i love it
Thanks! Easy to listen to and you didn't stretch it out, just got to your point efficiently. All the best to you.
Glad it was helpful! Welcome and thank you 🌱🙏🏾
thank you! I didnt know there could be fruit if it wasn't pollinated, I assumed that like tomatoes if there was fruit it was pollinated! Thanks again. Now I can go out and hand pollinate any new flowers!
Your welcome! Do it in the morning ..
Here is a hand pollinate video if needed
ruclips.net/video/SSiIHYXOLP8/видео.html
Thank you because I’m have no this issue.. I think the bee didn’t pollute some of my zucchini.. much appreciated!! Keep it up
your very welcome ... and thank you so much for watching , new video coming on later today ...
Yep happens to me all the time every year. I will try the calcium and start trimming up. I do have bees working hard but might not be reaching all the flowers. Thank you for the excellent info.
Sorry that you have this problem, but if you have bees , definitely light pruning and adding calcium will do the job!!! And you welcome!! Thank you for watching 💚
Thank you as we have an abundance of zucchini coming through I see there’s a few yellow rotting ones which I’ll deal with correctly
Your welcome.... Enjoy your beautiful zucchini harvest 🌱🙏🏾 one of my favorite.. grill zucchini
Thank you for your advice!!! I’ll try this tomorrow.
You're welcome 🌱🙏🏾
Yes, the past 2-3 years I've got little production from mine as well. So better pruning practice and hand pollinating from now on. Also another thing people can do is buy parthenocarpic seeds. These require NO pollination at all. They grow the same way but don't need to be pollinated. Their fruits have no seeds.
Oh awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this 🙏💚
Do you actually keep one zucchini plant for multiple years? I am not judging but I have always just started some every year. How do you overwinter zucchini?
@@GreentgardenHi I am pretty new to your channel and love it! I am relatively close in Jersey. I had great productivity in the beginning. Then suddenly about a month ago my zucchini bottom leaves are yellow with brown dying edges plus the female buds are turning yellow shriveling before even opening. Even at the tiniest stage. I have added calcium twice now since a month, I have pruned leaves underneath and pull off the dying buds. The male flowers are fine so I’m saving in the fridge. My watering is pretty consistent and I’ve done a lot of prevention from vine borers and spend hours weekly picking eggs off and caring for my plants. I’m really at a loss at this point. I have no luck with zucchini, squash and also beets not bulbing in my zone 7a. I have watched all videos on RUclips about this and still researching everywhere. I feel like every single plant in my gardens are having issues. Do you have any other suggestions or tips?
@@Ninabeana1313 is it very hot where your garden is?
Very interesting. I've never heard of this before. I will try your method and see what happens. Thanks for the info.
Try it and please let me know how it goes.. I have done this many times and it works well
Thank you @GreenTGarden. What if it’s the leaves turning yellow in my potted zucchini?
So typically it will be a sign of too much water or sometimes lack of nutrition..
If you see brown spots in it, check on underneath the leaves , make sure you don't have any bugs ..
Increase your fertilizer and keep adding every 2 weeks. Also do not water too much..
Water every 2 to 3 days lightly if it's really hot water once a day lightly
Good info & tips! Thx!
Welcome 🌱🙏🏾
Thanks for the tips!!
Your welcome 🌱
I have 6 plants. 1 of them have more light green leaves compared to deep grass green leaves on my other 5. I see the baby zuch on the female blossom are also that light green moving to yellow. I am gonna add the Tums crushed in water and try it. My soil is good organic and I just composted and add Bloom synthetic watering.
I took your advise and pruned like crazy. I have lots of male flowers and have had 2 zuch fruits that looked normal size and then about 4 to 6 small 2 -3" zuch fruits (not sure if they pollinated or just small because the container might be restriction.). Thanks for a great vid
Might be the container size or it might be if the weather is too hot sometimes the plant gets more stressed out or sometimes need more nutrition.. I've been using garden lime. Makes a bit of water to boost the calcium up. It works really fast... Watch out for squash bugs and vine borders too , dealing with that right now in my garden. Got a video for that soon ... And thank you so much 🙏💚
@@Greentgarden what garden lime do you recommend? I am an organic gardener as mich as possible with seeds, soil, treatments and amendments. I have used 2 synthetic leaning bloosom and root supplements but that is all.
That's the best way to go organic, Check into the description box. I have a link for more details. It's organic garden lime. I got it from Amazon.. this year i try to keep it mostly organic stuff, like I'm doing my own home compost. I use fresh grass clipping and used coffee grounds so far.. and now this garden lime , cause I was losing too..
I'm so glad i found your videos! I've had so many issues with zucchini planting. Some female flowers dont even open up at all for me to hand pollinate. The petals just remain sealed shut and then shrivel up and rot..I know they didn't open because the petals are so fairly hard. Have you experienced that before and would you know what the problem is? Thanks!
I had this problem before, so I know the flowers open in the morning and only one day to pollinate, if the flower rots before opening, it means the plant is in stress , could be a watering problem (over watering mostly) or need more nutrients , add organic fertilizer, fresh soil or home compost , after doing these give it a couple days should be good .. always do a light pruning it helps.. I do have a video on pruning a zucchini in playlist
@@Greentgarden Thanks so much! Will try that.
Thank you 👍
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Thanks for sharing.
Thank you 🙏🏾🌱
Thank you 🌱
Welcome 🙏🏾🌱
Thanks a lot for the information, very helpful. However, I have one question: if there is already a zucchini, doesn’t that mean that the pollination already occurred? I got confused there? Are there different levels of pollination? Many thanks again…
When the zucchini is about 3 inches the flowers will open. If the flowers do not get pollinated it will not continue growing... Plants will normally produce male and female flowers automatically..
@@Greentgarden thanks a lot, will try immediately…
@@Greentgarden❤
Awesome.. your welcome.. happy gardening 🌱
Hi, my problem is I get many tiny 1" female ovaries on the plant. The tiny 1" female zucchini turns yellow and falls off. It doesn't even make a flower. Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank You.
Very sorry to hear that. So if the flower is not opening which mean the plant is under stress..
This could either be lack of calcium or unbalanced watering..
I would increase the fertilizer and the calcium right away and keep reapplying every 2 to 3 weeks..
I would water every 1 to 2 days lightly whether in the morning or even in time try to stick to a water schedule..
Also remove 2 to 3 lower leaves to get a better air flow and a better production..
Organic calcium
amzn.to/3AwpFvj (Amazon #ad
I'm trying Cal-Mag. I've lost 3 squash, and I have a new one coming on. I've got my fingers crossed 🤞
So sorry , try that and also hand pollinate in the morning... I came out this morning and hand pollinated some to make sure..
Thanks 🙏
Your welcome
Very useful
Thank you 🌱🙏🏾
Some of my zucchini get 3 or 4 inches long with a nice flower on the end that never opens to be pollenated. They look health and green then start drying up without he flower ever opening.
Sorry to hear that , So basically the plant is stressed out or lacks calcium.. try to increase the calcium and the fertilizer..
Also try to stick to your water schedule if you're watering morning time try to stick with morning time or even in the same..
Water every 2 to 3 days..
Add fertilizer every 2 weeks..
You already at fertilizer to the plant at some of this calcium to help..
amzn.to/4bZl1mS (Amazon #ad
It works pretty good.. once you increase the fertilizer and you add this calcium , give it some time it will produce..
@@Greentgarden, I'll add some calcium. I may not be watering enough. I've been watering twice a week. Thanks.
Your welcome..good luck and keep me posted
Added oyster shell from our chicken's supply...will see if thid helps
Thank you for sharing these tips 💚🌱
You got the same compost bin I have. What is the best way getting the compost out? I haven’t had to do that yet
Oh nice ! I did a video
Here is it
ruclips.net/video/tbTOIPYbUdk/видео.html
Mmmm this must be the reason
If I see bees in my backyard, should I still hand pollinate too?
If you have bees in your garden, you don't have to pollinate, they will pollinate early in the morning...
Hi sir is it use lemon juice to add in the plant?
I never tried lemon juice before, but you could also milk whole milk with water and add that to the plant .. it's lack of Calcium that's why your losing squash..
Thank you sir for your prompt reply so I will try.
Your welcome...
My brotha!
Could this be happening to mine because of ants 🐜 in the flowers when they bloom? I've been finding little ants and been hand pollinating.
Oh yea , some people think they are pollinators and some people think they eat the pollen.. can't see when ants will take pollen from a male to female flowers lol I tried to keep ants out of my garden. I sprinkling the cayenne peppers around and if I see them in the flower I take a small brush and remove them gently..
@Greentgarden yah I've been just shooing them out with a stick haha. They are eating underneath the stigma or tye style that has the female ends. I actually think this is why my zucs are rotting from the top.
Thanks for the tip brotha. I'll try cayenne.
@@Greentgarden and in no way those ants are pollinating lol
Oh sorry man , that sucks. It did happen to me several times until I realized the ends were literally eating on my pollen I guess.. So I started to get rid of them and it helps
Lol
THANK-YOU
Your welcome 🌱
Hi sir I already try using milk but the still fruit rot and drop
Add fertilizer and fresh soil also make sure to water .. after giving it fertilizer water every 1-2 days so that plants use the food
No bees, lots of ants. Do ants also pollinate, I think I got a whole colony of ants. Do they do damage?
Oh sorry, So Ants do not pollinate they'll just eat out your pollen .. gently take a brush and get them out from your flowers.. You might have to hand pollen it early in the morning..
Try to get some flower plants, even lavender plants that attract some bees
@@Greentgarden thank you I appreciate your help
You got it 🌱
Zucchini plants hate me! I have to buy in the store.
Sorry to hear that .. don't give up, keep trying 🙏🏾🌱
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