tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post5041032535894799132..comments2023-06-23T18:46:03.630+10:00Comments on Glut: a year in my patch: Zucchini Tuesday - You be the beegardengluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11878662637625011658noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-71242971374793278612013-01-08T20:16:51.772+11:002013-01-08T20:16:51.772+11:00Yes we haven't had ANY fruit, so I'll have...Yes we haven't had ANY fruit, so I'll have to educate myself on male and female flowers and do it for them too! But our new plants are doing so much better and just flowering now, so I won't wait for bees...Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-20369043827685133602013-01-03T11:03:23.173+11:002013-01-03T11:03:23.173+11:00Yay, greenskin! Let's hope that those I pollin...Yay, greenskin! Let's hope that those I pollinated worked! It's ok, stay on the sofa, I can understand the desire, it is the holiday season afterall. In fact while the temperatures continue to be in the high 30s that's exactly what I will be doing - too hot to garden.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547410700199878385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-538615148730361822013-01-03T11:01:46.843+11:002013-01-03T11:01:46.843+11:00What's wrong with the bees this year? Glad you...What's wrong with the bees this year? Glad you liked the fritters - they are my favourite dish with zucchini at the moment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547410700199878385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-8859521085131556782013-01-03T10:59:54.518+11:002013-01-03T10:59:54.518+11:00Hmm, bee problems! My pumpkins and melons and cucu...Hmm, bee problems! My pumpkins and melons and cucumbers haven't started flowering yet, although flower buds are in evidence. I am kind of resigned to hand/finger pollinating my cucurbits. Perhaps I need a mini bee hive? <br /><br />It is hard to know what number of pumpkins to encourage isn't it? If I get pumpkins I am dying to try to make pumpkin gnocchi, pumpkin pie (American style) after a friend bought me the authentic spices.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547410700199878385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-60885693269693726702013-01-03T10:55:13.473+11:002013-01-03T10:55:13.473+11:00I am actually having much the same problem - not t...I am actually having much the same problem - not the shade - probably could do with more shade - but with male and female flowers opening at similar times. I pounced the other day when it did cure - I mentioned miracles in the post! Since then I have not been lucky.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547410700199878385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-32258235799093310152013-01-02T22:11:11.186+11:002013-01-02T22:11:11.186+11:00I am so happy to see the first greenskin growing h...I am so happy to see the first greenskin growing happily at your place. I promise I will be back next week with a new recipe and photos of my zucchini looking so bright I have to just drag myself away from this sofadigging up the dirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826367964205052955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-25918927500430499792013-01-01T20:28:44.411+11:002013-01-01T20:28:44.411+11:00I'm getting some fertilisation but not total s...I'm getting some fertilisation but not total so I think I will be waving some male flowers around liberally too. I did have enough to make some zucchini and feta fritters though and really enjoyed them Lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-35712174022892702662013-01-01T15:28:55.998+11:002013-01-01T15:28:55.998+11:00I too am having pollination issues with zuccini al...I too am having pollination issues with zuccini also my squash and pumpkins. There are bee s in my garden but they dont seem to be doing much of a job. I pick the male flower peel the petal away and then manually fertilize the females , Ive used a male squash flower on my female zuccini worked out fine. My pumpkins are a different story so far only 3 pumpkin have continued to grow after pollination the rest swelled up then dropped off (im thinking this maybe from the recent bout of extreme heat) these pumpkin can apparently grow to 200kg so 3 is maybe more than enough. Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3258484059999383214.post-31319326083221224062013-01-01T14:04:27.660+11:002013-01-01T14:04:27.660+11:00My problem with 'finger' fertilising is tr...My problem with 'finger' fertilising is trying to catch a male AND female flower open at the same time. The zuch in the ground is unfortunately in a fair bit of shade (damn the neighbour's pittosporums!) and the one in the pot, though healthy, isn't cooperating with one of each sex opening roughly, simultaneously. <br /><br />Oh, and those pittosporums? I could cry! They shade my best and first veggie bed that had perfect conditions but now.... They also suck all the goodness out from under the fence. I did casually mention it (through clenched teeth) to my neighbour the other day and her response was gee, haven't they grown, I'm sure they weren't meant to get THAT big!? <br /><br />Ninanoreply@blogger.com