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  • Squash gone splotchy

    Hello

    I'm growing kuri squash for the first time, and climbing it up a frame. It's done well and set one beautiful big squash which is now turning orange-gold. It has plenty of male flowers, and it also had 2 further female flowers which seemed to have set 2 swelling squash. Those 2 squash have now become covered in brown splotches and gone squishy.

    Does anyone know what might have caused it and how I might stop it happening to later fruits?

    The lower leaves look a bit yellowed and blotchy, so I've been wondering if it might like some food. I have bokashi liquid and tomorite both available, will either of those do it any good?

    Thank you for your help.

  • #2
    That usually happens when the female flowers didn't get properly pollinated

    Perhaps you could try hand pollinating the next female flowers, just to make sure

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    • #3
      Ah, ok, thank you - once the beasties had managed to pollinate one, I imagined they would do the rest too. I will give them a hand next time. If it has any more female flowers - none showing yet.

      Thanks again

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