Comments on: Squash Troubleshooting

By: DaggerD

DaggerD — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:24:17 +0000

They didn’t get pollinated. If you don’t have insects that will pollinate your squash, they are really easy to do by hand. Just pick a male blossom (the one with a stamen) and take the leaves off. Rub the pollen laden stamen on the stigma (female version of the stamen-connected to the small fruit). When they get pollinated they grow, if not, they shrivel and fall off.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:27:24 +0000

I am having the same kind of issues Marina and Bruce! The flowers on my squash turn black and then the squash shrivels up. I had someone tell me to leave the squash on the plant to let it keep growing, but it is getting worse! Help!

By: Skip

Skip — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:46:49 +0000

My yellow summer squash is producing nicely. Some of the squash are nice and smooth and some are quite knobby. The latter tend to be pithy inside and sometimes even hollow. Why is the same plant producing two different squash?
Thanks.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:32:32 +0000

@Marina, I have the same problem. The squash fruit stops growing, kind of shrivels and then detaches from the stem. I’d appreciate a troubleshooter advising me what I’m doing wrong.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:42:50 +0000

I have powdery mildew onspeghetti squash. I just treated the plants with the baking soda/water solution. How often do i do this? Should I stop watering for a few days? Should I see improvement in a few days?

Thank you!

By: Marina

Marina — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:32:45 +0000

My squash is just starting to bloom and I notice the first three of squash that the flowers have fallen off are starting to shrivel up. What’s up?