Courgette flowers - no pollen
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D-Red Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 12 May 2016 Posts: 1 Location: Laois
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 6:43 am Post subject: Courgette flowers - no pollen |
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Hi,
Just looking for some advice/info please. Basically i have 3 large healthy courgette plants growing in our greenhouse.
All is fine but we've had several flowers on each plant and the male flowers are not producing any pollen.
Does anyone know why would that be?
I've checked first thing in mornings (6am) and still no sign of any pollen on the male flowers, so it cannot be a case of insects removing the pollen over the course of the day or anything.... very frustrating and a tad confusing.
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5116 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Apologies for the delay. I wouldn't be an expert in that area. Some would say not an expert in any area really! !! There is another thread in this section called pumpkin problems which may have your answer in it with pumpkins and courgettes being much the same. Re post there seeing as that thread is alive. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3011 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Female flowers do not have any pollen so are you sure they are male flowers your looking at, Males flowers are only viable for a few hours, can we see a pic.
Sometimes and only sometime flowers on crougetts can be hermapherodite, so you could have self pollinating flowers what variety do you have. maybe you are removing already fertilised flower parts. |
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