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Elad

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2. You can hand-pollinate your squash.
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 12:27 PM
Jun 2013

Just get out there in the morning before the male flowers close. You have to pay attention to when there's a male about to bloom. When it does, just pick it, peel off the petal stuff, and go around sticking it in to all the female flowers that are blooming. You can also use something like a feather or q-tip to collect pollen from the males and transfer it to the females. Sounds odd but it really works.

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