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Last year I attempted to grow butternut squash and pumpkins. The plants themselves grew well and seemed pretty healthy, unfortunately I did not get one single fruit off either plant. The butternut squash flowers never really opened, I put that down to cold weather. However the pumpkin flowers did open and there were many of them, problem I noticed was that there was no pollen inside the flowers. Normally it is full of yellow pollen, this year I tried to hand pollinate with a small paint brush but there was just about no pollen inside. Was this weather realted or not? I plan to try again with a lot more squash/pumpkin next year as I have had success with them before. What went wrong?
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sh!te weather, slugs and snails put paid to most of mine before they even flowered ..........S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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Ah, but were they boy and girl flowers? Mine also got eaten by garden pests.Comment
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Yes, plenty of both but no pollen in boy flowers to pollinate girl flowers. Very disappointing.Remember it's just a bad day, not a bad life 😁Comment
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The plants grew well... suggesting their was plenty of nitrogen (for green growth).
How do you think they fared for potash/potassium (needed for fruit production)?All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I think I was feeding them a Nitrogen based plant food? Could you suggest a plant food for Potassium please. Thank youRemember it's just a bad day, not a bad life 😁Comment
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I feed mine comfrey tea, or nettle tea ..........thats when the snugs and the weather allow them to grow of course...S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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Can I be really cheeky and ask if there is one that I can buy in a bottle? I normally use tomato food or Miracle gro vegetable food, neither of them no good???Remember it's just a bad day, not a bad life 😁Comment
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Tomato food should be fairly high in Potassium, just make sure you don't get it on the leaves. Just look on the bottles for the N
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Thanks for the info, I'm already getting excited at the thought of it and I can't sow any for at least 3 or 4 months yet.Remember it's just a bad day, not a bad life 😁Comment
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