I'm having some trouble with some of my cucurbits being pollinated.
I have 2 honeyboat squash plants that pollinated good and have a dozen fruits on those. I am happy with those.
I have 2 red kuri squash plants that has poorly pollinted and has maybe 2 fruits on them. Mostly male flowers right now but I have had to discard half a dozen embryos that didn't pollinate.
I have 1 cucumber plant that didn't pollinate at all. It is about 6 feet tall. I have successfully grown 1 cucumber for the past few years but not this year. It is partially my fault for only growing 1 plant I suppose. I guess I'll be doing 2 plants from now own.
I had 2 yellow squash plants that started out pollination poorly early in the year but then took off as I couldn't hardly keep the squash picked off.
Anyways I'm thinking about doing some hand pollinating which I have never done before. What is the window of opportunity, how long do the flowers stay open for?
I have 2 honeyboat squash plants that pollinated good and have a dozen fruits on those. I am happy with those.
I have 2 red kuri squash plants that has poorly pollinted and has maybe 2 fruits on them. Mostly male flowers right now but I have had to discard half a dozen embryos that didn't pollinate.
I have 1 cucumber plant that didn't pollinate at all. It is about 6 feet tall. I have successfully grown 1 cucumber for the past few years but not this year. It is partially my fault for only growing 1 plant I suppose. I guess I'll be doing 2 plants from now own.
I had 2 yellow squash plants that started out pollination poorly early in the year but then took off as I couldn't hardly keep the squash picked off.
Anyways I'm thinking about doing some hand pollinating which I have never done before. What is the window of opportunity, how long do the flowers stay open for?