We had a cold Spring. Now it is horribly hot and humid. The plants are growing huge with lots of bloom, but they tell me I need to pollinate the blossoms.

If you don't have bees or some kind of pollinating insects, you need to pollinate by hand to get any kind of squash to grow.

yes, hand pollination. snip off a flower with a long stem (boy flower) about midway, then snip or gently peel away the petals to reveal the stamen (it has all the pollen on it). then 'tickle' the girl flower (the flower with the fruit behind it.

sometimes i'll pick boy flowers and store then in a zippy bag in the fridge if there's no girl flowers for me to pollinate at that time. but i don't keep them for more than 3 days as i think they get bad.

hope this helps!

~ angela :)

Thanks to all of you for your help. I will replant and hand pollinate. John