Comments on: Pollinating squash, cucumbers & pumpkins

By: Niki Jabbour

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:12:04 +0000

Hi Beth, been there! ha ha. Honestly, you’ll likely want to replant. Overmature plants don’t transplant well and don’t reach their harvest potential. I’m just sowing seeds for squash, cucumbers, and melons indoors this coming weekend – about a month before the last frost date. But if you want to hand pollinate, it’s fine to use the pollen from the male flowers on the same plant. Good luck! Niki

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By: Beth Pitman

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:52:18 +0000

Hello! I planted some zucchini seeds about a month ago and they are growing so well that they look like they are threatening to bloom already. So I might end up trying some hand pollination if they bloom before it is safe to harden them off and put them outdoors. I was wondering if there is any advantage to pollinating between plants where possible, or is it perfectly fine to use the male flowers to pollinate the female flowers on the same plant? Thanks!

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By: Christine

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:22:12 +0000

Can I pollinate a female squash flower with a male flower from a zucchini plant? My squash has open female flowers with no male flowers and my zucchini has male flowers with no female ones. Thank you

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By: KIMI l FODROCZI

Sun, 30 May 2021 22:43:46 +0000

Hi there 🙂 I have both female and male blossoms on my Armenian cucumber. But the male do not seem to be opening at the same time as the female. Can I use the male buds to hand pollinate the female? Cut them off into a container and squish them up and then apply to female? I just now tried it and didn’t see a lot of pollen. Any suggestions? Thank you!

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By: Joyce

Tue, 25 May 2021 06:30:23 +0000

Good morning. My cucumber plants do not have male flowers. What do I do pls?

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By: Wanda

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:25:36 +0000

My squash plant is producing only male only blossoms what should I do?

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By: Jessica Walliser

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 01:07:27 +0000

In reply to Peter.

Yes; you can swap pollen between the yellow and green zucchini plants. However, don’t save the seeds to plant next year as they will not come true to type and will result in a possibly funky natural hybrid.

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By: Niki Jabbour

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:51:24 +0000

Great question!! But unfortunately they are a different species and the pollen isn’t compatible. – Niki

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By: Peter

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:05:49 +0000

In reply to Peter.

Hi Niki, one more question……..How about using Cucumber Pollen for Squash? Compatible? We have a zillion Cukes, so a zillion flowers. Curious. Thanks.

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By: Peter

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 23:27:19 +0000

Wow, what a Great Answer. I mean Great to know can use various pollen, but really cool to learn that if one were to try and save seeds, they would be a hybrid basically. Thanks! REALLY good to know, cause we have many more male yellow blossoms. I think with early rain on the 4th, the few male zukes got kind of solidified. Love your website.

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