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Butternut Squash Blossoms?

alrightypewriter

17 years ago

So I have a female butternut squash blossom that is going to open soon but no male flowers to pollinate it. I planned to pick it and eat it but I was wondering if you could also eat the unpollinated ovary (little squash) too? Or should I only stick to the flower part?

Also, I have a crookedneck growing next to it so I'm wondering if they can cross pollinate? Is that bad? I don't plan on keeping the seeds to plant next year.

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lsst
17 years ago
I had the same situation and used a crookneck squash to pollinate it and it worked.
susancol
17 years ago
You only ever have to worry about cross pollination if you are saving the seeds. Any squash will pollinate another squash. So yes, take the male bloom from the other squash and pollinate your butternut! :)
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alrightypewriter
Original Author
17 years ago
Next time I'll pollinate my butternut with the crookedneck but I just really wanted to try a squash blossom so I picked it. I'm just too curious about the taste!

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