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My plants look healthy, but dont produce cucumbers


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Hi Cukes!

Your cucumber might be still young so the pollination process is not yet ready for the female flowers.

You'll notice that cucumber has two separate flowers; the male and female. In their early growth, the first  to come out are the male flowers, these are the flowers that will pollinate the female flowers. The second stage to come out are the female flowers.

So, once these two flowers comes together, then there will be pollination process that will takes place, of course with the presence of pollinating insects (e.g. bees, butterflies, etc.).

Therefore, extra care must be observed when you use insecticides to control some insect pests - you might kill these insects that helps you pollinate your flowers.

The best remedy is use organic farming to avoid destroying those friendly insects.

Happy gardening!

Cris

www.crisramasasa.com

Posted 2009-10-31T01:48:01Z
 

cukes......all things being equal....which they are not.  go to an art store and buy a fine camel hair paint brush....about 3/8" long by 1/8" in diameter as the  hairy brush portion......collect the pollen gently from the male flowers and apply to the female blooms....male flowers have stamens, a yellowish powdered stalk coming up out of the center of a flower.  female floweers have a knobular shaped stigma coming up out of the center of a flower.  you as the great pollinator, have the chore of transferring the pollen.....best within 2 days of the opening of the flowers, repeat as new blooms emerge. good luck  

Posted 2010-01-26T04:00:14Z
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