To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] OT - Zuchinni pollenation
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:26:01 -0400
On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Caren Kirk wrote:
The variety I planted is a italian striped zucchini (striato di
Napoli), as I used to plant this 4 years or so ago and get huge crops
Well, so much for my best theories. If it's the same variety that did
well for you before, obviously the variety isn't the problem. And if
you only have male flowers, then suggesting hand pollination won't
help a bit.
At least, not unless there's something wrong with this year's seed.
You could contact the company you bought the seed from, and ask them
whether they've had any similar complaints. Beyond that, I have no
guess; other than the very vague "maybe it's something to do with this
year's weird weather, which has been differently weird in different
places but weird in some fashion about everywhere".
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale