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Your squash, (melon, courgette/ zucchini, cucumber or pumpkin) plants are looking healthy and green… so WHY aren’t they fruiting?!
In this video, Ben helps you find all the answers to your frustrations, explaining the various reasons why this may be happening so that you can Get Your Squash ON!
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A lot of great tips, I am dealing with too many leaves and not much fruit. I found that using tomato spikes on squash does not work very well.
My first garden and the Vine Borers got in both my zucchini plants. I cut the stalk and took out 6 worms, put the stalk back with dirt, and wrapped with aluminum foil. O ne plant died and the other looks good and is growing. But no fruit, only flowers. I'll do better next year after learning a lot this year. Thanks for the information.
Why do I only have male flowers? I had two female and now that I picked the zucchini , not a single female on the entire plant . What is the problem and what can I do so this doesn't happen next year. Is it too late for zone 5 to do anything about it? The plant looks healthy and large and I clipped big leaves so the bees can pollinate.
First time seeing your hairy companion. Super cute one!
I have more squash than we can eat but my stupid tomatoes have produced zero so far.
I have a bee house and everything is always covered in native bees and for whatever reason the tomatoes refuse to set this year.
Squash as long as my forearm and tender all the way through.
What do you say when the female flower does not open at all?
Excellent video; short, pithy and no wasted time. If only others followed this model.
I took advice from an old gardener here in SW France to grow pot it maron , cut back the trailing vine back to two leaves when it gets to five leaves , it’s mid July and I’ve got four plants growing already a nice size ! It’s a very popular vegetable to grow here , And I have no trouble with the flowers being fertilised we’ve got very handy bee hives close by , They don’t seem to be affected by the lack of sun this summer , but the melons I normally grow are a disaster it’s rained almost all of June and July , ,,PS excellent channel it’s been a help to me ,
I planted some “mystery” seeds a while ago and am now getting a squash type plant. Can’t identify it fully, and it still hasn’t fruited. Hopefully these tips will help
Hi, I seem to have a problem with ants being attracted to and filling up the inside of my flowers – any suggestions?/will this affect the possible fruit? (Squash flowers)
I have one bed with 15 yellow squash plants, and an adjacent bed with 15 zucchini plants. I transplanted the seedlings into the garden in early April. The yellow squash have been producing for about a month and are fairly prolific, but I have only collected a meager 2 zucchini. They took over a month to produce female blossoms, but they never seem to grow big enough to even bloom. They typically grow to 1-2 inches long and then just drop off. The conditions are identical for both varieties… same soil, same fertilizer, same pollinators, same watering schedule. Any idea why the zucchini are so stubborn? Thank you for your wonderful content! God bless!
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Why do people put a dislike on a really informative video? Bizarre. I've been gardening for years and it's always good to be reminded of tips and learn new ideas. Thankyou
Very good video- to the point and helpful tips, thank you.
This was my first year trying to grow anything. I put a bargain squash plant that was half dead into a very large pot. I didn't have much hope for it but I thought I'd give it a go. I kept it well watered and used tomato feed. I have ended up with 2 fruits on the plant but they seem to be round in shape. I am wondering if I move the fruits and let them hang over the side of the pot it will take on the proper shape? Who knows – watch this space.
Oh wow reading these comments made me realise I am not the only one out there obsessed with gardening. Where I live this hobby carries a sigma – especially since I am in my early 20's and its not really something that people my age do. But finding other people who are passionate really makes me happy. I've been growing things since I was nine – starting with pole beans and spinach. I am tackling indigenous African herbs and strawberries this summer. I can't wait until I can move to a bigger place so that I have more space to experiment in the vegetable garden. I am so grateful that I discovered this passion of mine early on. I can geek out on this pastime for many, many season to come. Excellent video, Ben. Lots of love from Johannesburg
I don't know if this only a tropical climate problem, but try to keep fruit flies away from your plants. They're not like bees. They can ruin the male flowers too. I find covering the flowers with transparent plastic bags the day before it blooms works quite well if you want to hand pollinate.
I thought I had blossom end wilt but now figure it's probably that female flowers are not being adequately pollinated. So informative as always. Thank you.
My pumpkins were aborting their fruit for almost two months even with hand pollinating to help them along. Though as soon as the plants got bigger and the temperatures cooled down a little I had no problems anymore.
Very helpful as always!
Very helpful video. Thanks! 🙂
What if my male and female flowers are not blooming at the same time? Can i store the male flowers in the fridge for a week and then manually pollinate?
Spraying w peroxide (1:4 water to hydrogen peroxide is just fine of 3% in a spray bottle) all around plants & areas with high numbers of slugs & small larvae. The peroxide cooks the snails & Eliminates the snails by your treated plants/pots/soil/etc. I like to got out at night w a headlamp and observe what pests are active and peroxide is great to use then & doesnt harm you or the environment- it is 3-oxygen molecules. I just learned this pass few months and upsets me this wasnt common knowledge. But big pharma is same as all the big chemical companies that want us using environmentally & human damaging chemicals or healthy ones. Its just the sad sad truth of our time. I wish it wasnt. But we can only look forward and do so with knowledge & truth and question everything for a better more natural common sense logical way. Chemistry is our friend to understand far better.
Really helpful advice on how to get my courgettes to grow
I live in Glasgow, Scotland.
My honeynut has been shedding it's fruits after I have pollinated them.
the flower wilts on the fruit itself after I have pollinated it with a male flower and then the fruit turns yellow and rots away.
I even tried taking off the flower 3 or 4 days after pollination. But the fruit still goes yellow, doesn't grow in size and dies.
I've lost 4 fruits so far. there's one which seems to be doing fine.
I wonder if I might be doing something wrong.
I love your garden, thanks so much!
I just asked in another video if you could make a video on pumpkins lol. Found it here under squash. I grow tons of zucchini and types of squash but have only produced pumpkins once. This will be a great help in the coming years. Thank you for the great video. Take care and Stay Safe
Have you grown a crown prince squash?