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    Ok, I've been growing veg now for two years and am baffled by one thing, how to tell a male flower from a female?

    I see it all the time Cucumber all female flowers or take of the male flowers. Pumpkins squashes male flower female flowers.

    How to tell the male from female what am I looking for is the male well endowed does the female have a little penny covering her modesty

    Please advice.

    Mrgrower
    Today I will be mainly growing Vegetables.

    Tonight The bloody slugs & snails will eat them!

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    Does this help Mr G?
    Would you like the Birds and the Bees next?
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    • #3
      The male flower is the guy with all the pollen and the female flower doesn't have any pollen. But then you get some flowers that are male AND female. Some of these will pollinate themselves, like French beans, some produce pollen before the female bits (stamen) are ready for it and so still need to be pollinated by pollen from another flower, like runner beans.

      THEN - some plants have both male and female flowers, like squash, or hazel, but there's also plants that have EITHER male flowers OR female flowers, like holly.

      Confusing ain't it?
      Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
      Endless wonder.

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      • #4
        The female is far prettier................
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        • #5
          Lol is very confusing. Ok now for the birds and the bees
          Today I will be mainly growing Vegetables.

          Tonight The bloody slugs & snails will eat them!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
            The female is far prettier................
            ............and has the biggest bottom

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
              The female is far prettier................
              Depends these days ROFLMAO.
              Today I will be mainly growing Vegetables.

              Tonight The bloody slugs & snails will eat them!

              https://www.facebook.com/manchester....ts?ref=tn_tnmn

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              • #8
                Now for the really complicated stuff......


                BIRD.....


                BEE......

                Got it?
                Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
                Endless wonder.

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                • #9
                  Squash family are easy,the female has the baby fruit under the flower,whilst the male is just a long swanky stalk with a flower on top.
                  Toms help themselves, as do sweet corn,
                  It's the cucumbers that i find gets confusing,i just stick to all female varieties,
                  I think the best way if your not sure is,look up what particular plant you want to grow,and ask again about that percific plant.
                  Some like aubergines look the same,but need the pollinator to visit so they swap with each other,or use a little brush and stroke each one,so the pollen gets swapped,it can be very confusing,i am still learning,
                  sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
                    Now for the really complicated stuff......


                    BIRD.....


                    BEE......

                    Got it?


                    Hahahahaha Love it so the bee is smaller :
                    Today I will be mainly growing Vegetables.

                    Tonight The bloody slugs & snails will eat them!

                    https://www.facebook.com/manchester....ts?ref=tn_tnmn

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                    • #11
                      This pic is quite obvious. The male has only the stem & flower where as the female has stem, ovary (fruit) & flower.

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                      Last edited by Bigmallly; 12-08-2014, 07:55 PM.
                      sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
                      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Official Member Of The Nutters Club - Rwanda Branch.
                      -------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Sent from my ZX Spectrum with no predictive text..........
                      -----------------------------------------------------------
                      KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............

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                      • #12
                        Thanks everyone I now have more of an idea of what too look for.

                        Mr. G
                        Today I will be mainly growing Vegetables.

                        Tonight The bloody slugs & snails will eat them!

                        https://www.facebook.com/manchester....ts?ref=tn_tnmn

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                          This pic is quite obvious. The male has only the stem & flower where as the female has stem, ovary (fruit) & flower.
                          Trust MOM to be sensible

                          Nice pics by the way
                          Last edited by RedThorn; 12-08-2014, 10:19 PM.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by RedThorn View Post
                            Trust MOM to be sensible

                            Nice pics by the way
                            MOM wouldn't be a MOM without knowing the difference between male and female "bits"

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                            • #15
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