Female squash flowers dying BEFORE opening
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Baby female squash dying before blossoming ... water problem?
Comments (4)No, you can put soaker hoses anytime, they are just laid on top of the soil. I did slow drip system and tried a few different ways and they all have some problems. What type you want depends upon how much area you have. If it is a small area, chepaest way to go would be to get 1/4 soaker tube by raindrip or something (from Home depot/lowes, $4 for 50 foot). If the plants are far apart, don't need soaker hose, instead get 1/2" black poly tubing and add drippers to it where ever there is a plant. On a large scale, use "drip irrigation tape" , mail order only. Good luck. But your bloom dropping problem may not be just water. If these plants just started blooming, it is common for first few days because they don't get fertilized so they drop. Calcium deficiency can do it too. You fed the plants with sounds like too much nitrogen fertilizer and that could do it too. Feed "bloom fertilizer" the one with the middle number high, phosphorous, you can use liquid foliar spray or just put it on soil....See More(dying female flowers on cantaloupe before blooming)
Comments (1)Any chance on getting a picture? Zone?? If they aren't wilted they have enough water. I know they require a lot of food. How's your fertilizing?? Muskmelon females can be a bit fickle about getting fertilized. One out of five isn't a horrible ratio but it should be better. My window here in Z5 for fertilizing melons is a small one. If they don't set fruit in the first wave which lasts a couple of weeks or so, it's pretty much a done deal....See MoreCrooked Neck Squash Females not opening flowers before withering
Comments (3)It sounds like the plant is stressed. It may still recover if it can get lots of roots into the soil at the nodes. I've had the same problem when the heat sets in, though that seems to be what triggered lots of production on my Pennsylvania Dutch crookneck (winter squash - not sure which crooked neck you're growing). So many variables! I see you posed on July 6; it's almost August now, any improvement?...See MoreSquash/cucumber/melon flower: male vs. female
Comments (0)How do you tell the difference? Look at the stem of the flower. Male flowers will have a longer, skinny stem, but female flowers will have a tiny "fruit" at the base. These aren't actually a full fruit, and if not pollinated, they will drop off. In the case of summer squash, these are sometimes picked even before the flowers open and eaten petals and all. Alison Stewart (aka Torquill)...See Moretibbar
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