My zucchini bloomed, but no zucchini?

Question

I have two zuchini plants about 6 feet apart. Is that too far away for pollination?

Answer 1

No, they're not too far apart. Several things can
affects fruit set and poor pollination.

Too much nitrogen can also delay the setting of fruit on the vine or a mid summer heat wave. High day and night time temperatures will cause plant stress. The tiny pollinated fruit may abort as a result. A heat wave can also deter bees from their job, making hand pollination more important.

Male and female flowers are to be found on the same plant. The male flowers will appear well before the female flowers and also in far greater numbers. In periods of hot weather the male flowers are more numerous. When they get a cool spell, the female population will catch up.

Male flowers are short lived. They will open up before dawn and will close completely by mid-morning.The male flowers possess both pollen and nectar, the female flowers only nectar. If the plants are watered from overhead early in the day, that may prevent all further pollination for that day. Everything gets washed off of the short-lived male flowers. Replacement flowers do not open then until the following morning.

So don't water in the morning if you want to give your plants optimum opportunity to pollinate. Having a lot of rain early in the day doesn't help pollination either, & bees are not active when it rains.

You can also pollinate by hand .Take the male flower and gently rub its pollen onto the stigma sections in the center of the female flower. Pollination will be more successful if several male flowers are used to pollinate one female flower.

Good luck! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

No problem on the distance, they can be pollinated, by the bees. You have to wait until the blooms die, and then you will see the zucchini form.

Answer 3

give it a few more days, you will see the stalk of the flower will grow into a zucchini, and the flower will fall off.
Its normal for the bloom to come before the actual vegetable shows.

Answer 4

No, they will pollinate off themselves. Just wait. You'll get some. Trust me

Answer 5

they have male and female flowers

female flowers will not grow squash
but my grandmother use to flour the flowers and fry them

the male flowers will bloom after the females and you will see what looks like a ball at the base those will be your squash

give it a few days and check them again

Answer 6

They most likely weren't pollinated

Answer 7

They bloom before the veggies start growing...patience....

Answer 8

flower comes first, vegetable comes second

Answer 9

perhaps the fairies ate them in the night' get up earller in future

Answer 10

Sorry ! friend ..i don't know and not have any idea about this...sorrrrrrrry..