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Hand pollinating - too much pollen?

16 years ago

I've been hand pollinating some of my squash recently because I haven't seen many bees around and want to insure fruit set. I have 2 questions.

#1. Is there such a thing as coating the pistil with too much pollen? Some of the Spaghetti squash I've hand pollinated seem to be much fatter and shorter than those few that were pollinated by bees/insects.

#2. Just for fun I've been crossing some Gem squash (cucurbita pepo) with Spaghetti squash (pepo). I understand that it only affects the fruit of the next generation but does it affect this generations' fruit in ANY way? For example, more/less seeds? Bigger/different shaped seeds?

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