Your squash plants, even cucumbers, pumpkins, melons, and zucchini are all capable of producing male and female flowers. But what happens when they produce only male flowers and no fruit? In this episode I will give you 5 reasons this could be happening.
VIDEO: 5 Reasons Your Squash Plants Are Only Producing Male Flowers
Your squash plants, even cucumbers, pumpkins, melons, and zucchini are all capable of producing male and female flowers. But what happens when they produce only male flowers and no fruit? In this episode I will give you 5 reasons this could be happening.
thank you so much! so logical, so practical and ultimately natural explanation! 🙂
salad buffet hahahhah oh so good 😀
I thought it was the sporadic weather in NorCal. Thanx
My female flowers never open…check them at various times of day….they are very tight petals…can I force them open to self pollinate?
Don't know what male and female blossoms look like. Mine must be gender neutral. They all look the same.
I got gardenia last fall in a pot from Lowe's. I planted it in a bed right away. Its deep green glossy leaved survived through winter in 7b extremely well without falling or fading. But in spring it started producing lots of buds some became flowers but then the whole plant started turning yellow leaves and leaves fell and buds didnt open leaving few twigs. I put fertilizer, still not getting any better . what's wrong and how to fix? Thanks
Sounds like the homosexuals have something to do with this.
I have plenty of female starts, but they turn yellow and the flower never opens when they are small…..has been in mid to high 90s all last week, but have been doing this for a while…have large fruits as well….butternut, sugar pumpkin, buttercup, etc….I usually water everyday when this hot, especially if plant looks stressed….
Had no idea! So how so I know which flower is which? Female vs male? First year doing this.
Very informative. Thank you!
my leaves are full of white stuff Why
YOU TALK TOO FAST!!!
Awesome info. The heat has been brutal here in California. So, I have observed that the male flowers on my butternut squash appear first. Then, approximately 6-7 days later the female blossoms. Now that I understand the timing, I go out and hand pollinate as soon as possible. I do not wait for the pollinators anymore.
I’ve been looking into why my butternut squash isn’t producing female flowers and it was suggested that it could be due to too much rain (in the U.K. we’ve had a lot of rain this summer). It’s def not the other reasons; temperatures are mild, the zucchini/courgette close by is producing fruit, I do have pests (slugs and snails) but even they’d be hard pressed to eat all the male flowers on the vines. I’m just watching and hoping. We are due a dryer spell over the next couple of weeks, hopefully it’s a bit warmer and hopefully the plants give me a few fruit. The tip in the comments about the q-tips, I’m off to do that right now, just in case they produce female flowers and stop producing male flowers in the future… (trusting nothing this year!)
I have yellow squash? that have grown tips and maybe bottoms that are more green .. some stripped on bottom my sympathy plant and zucchini ate on different spots of my containers along my fence.
Yo! first time grower here! I have 3 watermelons growing on 2 vines, one is growing on an offshute… Honestly they're all trellised off the ground and hammocked but I've been watching your channel for a long and don't know what to do past this point… What do I do?
Mine are only producing male flowers ??
Thanks Luke.
My zuccini plants are well grown for two months. But getting only male flowers. I understood the reason for not getting female flowers, I used a formula that had high content of Nitrogen. The plants grew well. …But in Toronto pests like raccoons, rabbits, squirrels and miceare a menace in my backyard as we have woods.
my squash got to 4 inches then just stopped, It won't get any bigger. Any suggestions, We have had good warm weather, and I try to water regularily.
Great video.
I love the way that you teach! Thanks so much
One point you could add to your gardening videos is I cultivate or loosen the dirt around my veggies to help water or moisture get to the roots of my plants carefully , soil can get hard packed not allowing water to get down deep to the roots and it seems my plants respond to that looking better !
This was a good explanation. Thank you
I'm having this problem with my cucumbers growing in a pot. I'm about to pull them and start over with some that self pollinate. I mean, how long is too long to wait?
My pumpkin and butternut squash are producing male and female flowers and the fruit is falling off. I think the weather is not conducive.
On my way!!. Will someone please tell me why my cucumber plants are now producing more female plants which are opening before the males. The weather in the UK has been total rubbish. I am still waiting for some grow light to arrive as right now Sunshine is simply just not happening/ Oh I have 6 plants the two outside are producing nothing but lots of foliage and the 4 inside are doing so much better. One plant has 4 cucumbers growing but thats when there were just a few females and lots and lots of males. Simply don't know what happened. HELP
Thanks so much that really helps
My squash never grew but I have foliage it's getting cooler now I'll just try next year I guess I'm turning mine into compost