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To: TEXOKIE
TEXOKIE ~:" I think my squash problems are not the larger bugs, but perhaps something smaller. I get blooms but no fruit."

Not sure if anyone answered your problem with squash blooms , but no fruiting.
I think the problem may be pollination ( or maybe use of 'need oil' ..? )
The first blooms on squash plants are male (stamins) , followed later by female blooms (ova) .
You can become the little 'botony bee' by using a fine hair brush , and gathering fresh pollen from the male on the brush.
Then look for a flowering bloom that has a slight bulb (ova)right behind the bloom petals ,and dust lightly with the stamin dust.
Within 2-4 days, you should see the bulb ( ova )begin to double in size .
Vegetable matures in 20 - 45+ days depending on vegetable variety .

Generally this procedure is more productive with musical accompanyment : I reccommend "Flight of the Bumble-bee" by Rimsky-Korsakov :
black slacks with yellow shirt is optional , but humming is recommended .

340 posted on 09/24/2013 4:44:08 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Clarification : using a fine hair brush = (hair) brush used with watercolors / oil painting / portraits
341 posted on 09/24/2013 4:51:50 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I have heard of playing pollinator on these threads, but had not tried it, because my squashes were not ever blooming both kinds at once. As I read your post, the thought occurred to me, could I gather the male pollen, and then a day or two later if/when I see female, I can then place it on the newer bloom(s)?

(Love the idea of “Flight of the Bumblebee” and wearing the properly colored clothing with humming.LOL!)


342 posted on 09/24/2013 8:26:08 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I’ve heard of touching and talking to plants, but not humming classics while breeding squash plants with a paint brush. I’ll share your procedure to one of my community garden friends then stand back and watch.


352 posted on 09/25/2013 9:42:29 AM PDT by tillacum
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