Keeping Squash Using Hand Pollination
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2014
- If you want to keep seeds of squash varieties or do your own squash breeding, you may want to know how to do controlled pollinations to keep seed varieties pure and to make known crosses. This video explains the flower biology and process of moving pollen from male flowers to female flowers in order to produce pure seeds in a simple, hands on manner. We wish you success in your squash seed saving and breeding adventures!
The best squash hand pollination video on RUclips IMO. Thanks so much.
Don't forget though that you can harvest the male flowers, dip them in batter, and fry them up in oil. Great summer snack!
Great technique how to pollinate the male and female flower, thanks for sharing to us such amazing informative and educational
Omg...thanks for this video...i ddint know this before that there are female n male flowers in the pumpkin evrytime we grow pumpkin we looked after them like babies but nothing.. No fruits servived ..but thank you i will do this crosspollination to my pumpkin next time..and the video is so clear...you are star⭐🌟🌟⭐⭐👍
mine didn't gimmy nothin last yr either... but THIS TIME.. i been on them FULL FORCE!! i gotta b able to let my squirrels carve my Halloween pumpkins for me, cuz THAT is what WE do! 😁👍 (that's how we roll, over here at The Peanut Butter House, yo!! 🌲🏡🌲)
Great technique how to pollinate the male and familia flower, thanks for sharing to us such amazing informative and educational
Thank you. I was wondering my my squash was looking great a few days all now the small squash is falling off 😭 just subscribed
Great vids and advice.thank you.
Looking forward to seeing the next update thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
u can follow mine as well, if you'd like... hope u like squirrels...
Very easy to follow video... thanks
Thank You Fantastic video.
Thanks sir video is good to understand I love this continued helping us
Wow I didn’t know you could tel the difference between boy and girl plants .pretty cool
So awesome
Very informative thank you
Very interesting, thanks. I'm going to try it this summer.
I want to bay seed l want daras
Nice tips
thanks for useful info.
Very helpful.
My hand pollination is a success!
🤗Thank You🤗
How many successful fruit should be on one plant, it seems they are usually a few branches in one plant?
ah ok..tnx
Thank you for the information on pollinating for the squash. But what do you do if you only have males and no female's to pollinate with?
I was wondering the same. I just got some pollen on a paintbrush and will wait until a female flower opens. Not sure if it'll work though.
The males usually show up first…it always takes females longer to get ready.
Just like humans
You find a variety that produces females and just use up your male flowers👍 they won't go to waste that way❤️
Do not throw away the petals of male flowers. They make many delicious recipes. My favorite one is shallow fry after dipping in batter to make awesome fritters.
Thank you so much for this video. I had no clue why my squash plant was not producing.
Are you Italian? My grandmother used to make them😊
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Wow...nice one
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Thank you for sharing.
Just watched this video. I checked my squash blossoms and found that ALL the blossoms in one barrel appear to be male. The other barrel, placed about 12 feet away appear to be female flowers. I will attempt to pollinate in the morning. Why would one group be all one gender?????
I grow in a poly tunnel any advice i live in ireland
What does the fruit look like if you grow the seeds from a direct and deliberate cross pollinating between a pumpkin flower and a spaghetti squash flower?
Nice vid
Thank you so much helping me to understand the difference between Male & Female Plants and how to Pollinate. Can you use the male Pollen (the same Paintbrush) on several Females, or not?
Yes you can, I do that way. But most likely the pollens will be gone from the swab after you use on 2-3 flowers maximum.
Then pollens all stick to brush I guess
I did it today
I did this some years ago, I used a cotton swab that seem to work well. I noticed that many female flowers were not being fertilized.
I am having same issues.evrn purchased flowers to attract bees. I used a qtip but dudnt close up petals with a closepin
Just pick the make flower off the stem and directly pollinate the female flowers using the male flower
What is best time for hand pollination
Hi sir I am using frozen pollen to polinate do you think it will success?
How I can get fruits on eggplants plant !plants is very big but there are few male flower
I think eggplants have both sexes in one flower. Kinda self pollination.
Good video. Have you tried pollinating another female flower with the same male flower or flowers that you have already used to pollinate? Did it still work? Thank you.
1 would probably do 10 if you needed
What is best time for hand polynation
how do you or what can you use to stop white stuff from showing up on leaves? middle of leaf outward it starts. I dont think its mold,
If the leaves have been getting water, that could be a reason
No its Powdery mildew its a fungus
are u sure it aint bird poo or tree sap?
I got trombone squash and seminole pumpkins...that never get pollinated.
.my peppers are the ones that are suffering from no pollination
How many females can I male pollinate?
Now I have a great confession for Food Freedom Radio. I did not know there were female & male flowers
They thought this in jr high in my school
Useful
When I hand pollinate like you suggested, do the flowers both male and female need to come from the same plant?
THAT'S a good question... & CAN they even come from the SAME plant?
I think as long as it's the same variety it's ok
How do you encourage female flowers?
How many female stigma can be pollinated with the same male petal?
At least two flowers, wouldn't want to try three because the female might close up unfertilized
I have a volunteer plant that has huge leaves some resembling melon's, some pumpkin. Starting from the bottom of the plant, it is producing and opening male flowers just like in the video. Definitely no female flowers on sight. There are 3 new sucker points that appear to have a flower bud each. Should I prune the plant, or the early male flowers? I saved 2 in my fridge just in case. Thanks.
is your yard on U-Tube too? (mine is) wanna follow eachothers gardens?
@@LelynnsSquirrels I have a microyard and need to learn.
@@wolfkremen i'm gonna b at war with the squirrels... just u watch!
Get yourself a variety that produces females and use the males from your volunteer plant to fertilize the female flowers, and then save the seeds of the fruit produced so you can see what grows from it. You may be able to create a new squash variety❤️ get some money from it👍
What happens if you dont cross pollinate the female squash will it still produce fruits?
It will die off without producing fruit
@@Mariamnabasirye8403 😲 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... that just means more work for ME, out there, with MINE! 😬🥺
Can you enlighten me if we can use a 1-2 days old male flower to pollinate a new female flower (in case we dont have a male flower for the day)?
I think you could. Another video (not from this channel) talks about saving pollen in a ziplock bag and stick it in the fridge.
Can you pick male flowers just before they have started to flowering cos my female has flowered but no male !?!?
YES!!! wondering the SAME THING as Marc G !?! And, how long does a female flower stay open? Until pollinated and if so, you're saying it the female fruit won't make it if pollinated by a flower elsewhere and that's why hand pollination is better? or...???? Thx!! Great video. Best I've seen!!!
Bees often only partially pollinate, causing the fruit to abort later, so hand pollination increases yield.
Also, he mentions at the end that he's saving seeds. Bees cross-pollinate so any seeds saved from those fruits will be some crazy hybrid. That's why he's clipping the flower closed after he's done, so no bees can get in with pollen from all over the neighbourhood stuck to their body.
Female flowers don't stay open long at all! Less than a day-maybe only hours! It's hard to catch them.
There are usually way more male than female flowers, so I don't understand the first question.
Whats the benefit of man made pollination over bee pollination?
i guess THIS is how they come up with all those hybrids
i dont see any of female flower of my squash...all are male😢😭😢
Oooh, it,s to save seed? Why aren,t the naturally pollinated ones good for that?
we do. that's how the world have puffy peas and not wrinkled ones. selective breeding
Wondering why ALL my zucchini and pumpkin plants only have male flowers????? 😭😭😭😭😭
Cause its still young... patience
Could be a number of things such as, it’s premature, lack of nutrients, lack of water. However, typically male flowers bloom before female flowers. If the plant is still small be patient. You can also apply a fertilizer to the plant such as, worm casting tea or fish fertilizer works very well. Hope this helps!
How mature does the plant need to be before it produces the female flowers?
Lisa Bevill: Female blossoms can occur very early in the plants growth (a couple of weeks after transplanting), and are easily recognizable by the attached ovary very close to the base, but often there are no male blossoms to effect pollination and so the ovule will not continue to develop...it will simply turn dark and eventually fall off.
one male flower is enough to pollinate the female flower
I know this is an old video but do you really need to f****** pollinate zucchini I find that I shouldn't be planning to much zucchini because it produces too much
One male is enough to cover the female flower of squash
Use a small brush.
Gilbert Henry I use a q tip .
I was going to pollinate my Zucchini and spaghetti squash but the bees beat me to it. so I just leave them alone
My zucchini plant is doing okay with a bunch of zucchini on it but my spaghetti squash need a little help.
They’re right next to each other.
Same mother, two deferent fathers ........😉
sounds familiar...
one mother 2 different father lol
My pumpkin plants growing just the male flowers
is YOUR yard on U-Tube too? (mine is) if so, wanna follow eachothers gardens? (all are welcome) ... hope u like squirrels... 🐿🌲🏡🌲🐿
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One male flower is enough for a female flower🤣no need of second one😜
stamen not stigma!!!!
balmedout1: The “stamen” is a structure in the male blossom that includes a tip called “anther” that produces pollen. The “stigma” is the pollen receiving tip of the “pistol” in the female blossom. Many plants have both stamen and pistol structures in each blossom, but cucurbits (squash, zucchini, melons, cucumbers, marrows) do not - they have separate male and female blossoms.
@@rayray8687- you are very knowledgable and helpful. I learn a lot from your comments. Thank you.
theresa94010, thanks! Glad someone reads them.
i'm worried that my squirrels will ruin my garden out there. (i'm TRYING to grow pumpkins, squash, cantaloupe, tomatoes, carrots & green peppers & all kindsa flowers) around Halloween, i always let the squirrels carve my pumpkins for me & i'd hate for them to go after the 1s that are NOT on my porch.. 😬 my garden can ALSO b followed... & so can my squirrels... 👌🥰👍 (all are welcome)
You shouldn't be interfering with those wild animals in the first place. Your food and company turn them reliant on people, make them pests, cause them to be killed, and directly makes them sick. You're amusing yourself but hurting them and the ecosystem. Of course they're going to destroy your garden, that's what rodents do. They aren't pets, and they aren't "yours".
@@drutter this whole area feed them. it aint JUST ME. get over yourself.
WHY NOT LET THE BEE DO HIS JOB.ITS GOD NOT MOTHER NATURE.
Why not educate yourself before bitching? He says it in the video. So that the seeds will sprout the same variety as in the video. Not a hybrid
Pussy he's saving seed
Jhonny Whitehead: The cucurbit family is easily cross pollinated resulting in any number of hybrids if entirely left to nature. This can result in complete failure the following year, or the production of something not useable for food. Hand pollinating a couple of fruits this year will result in hundreds of seeds of the same variety for next year”s garden. Leaving it to chance will likely result in failure.
Jhonny Whitehead he was crossbreeding the variety
Larry M: It seems the gardener’s intention was actually to avoid crossbreeding so that next year’s seed would produce “true”.
One mom two fathers? That's cheating....
Rodolfo Mendez hehe 🙈
i feel like i witnessed a rape
i feel ya 🖐😆👍
R u nuts? Who does that?! Isn't nature able to do this anymore?
I don't know, but maybe he wants to control the yield, or to do selection. That is, he maybe cross pollinate two vigorous vines to assure large pumpkins or/and vigorous future plant obtained from pumpkin seeds. Just guessing.
this must b how The Dispo gets all those hybrid sativas & indica strands & what-not 🤫
Muhammed
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