Summer Squash in the Fall
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Re: Summer Squash in the Fall
Beautiful squash! Waaahhhh! I want some! Not even in the ground yet.Tormato wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:48 am Generally, I get loads of all male blossoms to begin with, then much fewer female blossoms.
If the same occurs this year, I read about a tip to cut off more than half of the male blossoms to increase germination rates. It possibly makes sense, if bees are mostly visiting all of the male blossoms. With the pruning, bees would likely visit both male and female more equally. But, low germination, for me, usually happens much more with winter squash rather than with summer squash.
Now that seems to make sense, karsto! Let me know how it goes and I might try it too. You're right about all the guys showing up in numbers before the gals do. Wow. That triggered a memory of a scene in a long ago movie where a bunch of construction workers were ganged up along the chain link fence, whistling and getting a good look at two pretty girls walking down the sidewalk outside the construction fence. LOL!