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| Author: | Tory [ Sun Jun 01, 2014 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Gardening question (squash) |
My plants look beautiful! Lots of blooms and huge green leaves. The problem is that I will get a tiny yellow squash and a few days later it'll dry up and fall off! This is the third time it's happened.  What could be causing this? I gave them plant food the other day. |
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| Author: | Briva [ Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gardening question (squash) |
I had trouble with squash vine borers, they make a healthy plant die before the flowers can set so fruit never appears. There are also squash beetles. I conquered the borers by applying strips of pantyhose on the stems of the plant, but it needs to be done early enough before they lay their eggs. |
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| Author: | Tory [ Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gardening question (squash) |
I'm getting the fruit, they just don't grow up. They dry up and fall off before getting very big. I have a new little squash growing now that I put the plant feed on the plants.. so I'm hoping this time will work. |
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| Author: | Sis [ Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gardening question (squash) |
I found this: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/inde ... 932AAjekvw |
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| Author: | Tory [ Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gardening question (squash) |
Thanks Sis! The answers are interesting, but only raise more questions, lol! One says to make sure they are pollinated... even going to the length of doing their own hand pollination. However, if they weren't being pollinated, how are the blooms even producing squash? I thought if they weren't pollinated, there'd be NO fruit. Then they are sayin look for bugs that are killing the blooms, again.. I'm getting blooms plenty of them. They ARE turning into squash, but then they dry up and fall off before they get very big. (smaller than thumb size.) and another says water. I water twice a day on hot days, once a day in the mornings on cooler days. I dont' water on days we get rain. SO the mystery deepens. PS: my mom was just here so I asked her to look at the plants. She says they look like they need more nutrients. I told her that I had put plant food on them. However, I did not furtilize the soil before planting. Now I'm wondering if that's the problem. Live and learn. I'll become a gardener yet!  All my other plants are doing great! |
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