Do you like plants? Me too.
We did not get a single cucumber last year and very few zucchini. This year we have gotten at least one ๐
It probably could of gone a day or two longer but it was crispy and mildly sweet. I see another on the plant that should be ready in a few days.
Some of the other plants look like they have some fruit set too. I think this is marketmore and was a start we bought. I don't believe any of the seed starts have caught up.
very few zucchini
I was not under the impression such a thing was even possible!
All jokes aside, it's a wonderful feeling when last year's dud is this year's success. May the cucurbit gods continue to smile upon you.
I think the universe knew I was taking it for granted...
Great job!
nice!
Sounds like you need pollinators.
No?
Pollinated flowers fruit...
If your plants aren't fruiting, that's probably why.
I don't believe I mentioned why we didn't get any fruit.
Considering you consider a single fruit "success." Really, you should right a book, professor.
Do you know where I am growing? Do you know how many days since last frost I am and when these were planted? Did I give any details of why there were no fruit last year? Or do you just like making unhelpful comments with elementary school knowledge of gardening to make yourself feel good?
It's the first harvested fruit of the season. I am considering it a success because it's a better growing season than last year, and I am choosing to be grateful for everything that goes "right" in the garden.
I have no idea what causes people to be negative and grumpy around gardening especially when others are sharing their joy, but I hope you figure it out. Gardening is a happy place for me and maybe it will be one day for you too.
Social skills of a plant that doesn't fruit.
It's okay to say you read it wrong or something. Maybe you thought I said I wasn't having luck this year, and missed that I was comparing it to last year? I'd be like "Oh no worries I do that sometimes too." Then we could discuss pollinators and maybe I would share how we used to hand polinate these guys when we were growing them inside and maybe others reading would learn from the exchange too.
But it feels like you were expecting me to thank you for your comment or something? That I should put extra effort into kindly explaining why you are wrong but thank you for trying? Or were you hoping I'd ask you what your advice for increasing pollinators was?
I don't actually understand what you wanted so it is hard for me to understand what good social skills would be here.
That really seals it.
You rather waste your time, pathetically, incapable to manual pollinate. You really sunk cost in that fallacy.
I bet you can't even tell a female from male flower.
You still haven't told me what the socially expected reply was?
I don't need to manually pollinate. The cucumbers are doing really well this year. As I explained in another post we've had a very early heat wave and they went wild before the various things that usually end the season could take hold. It's like, perfect timing and the best seasons we've had in our 5 years here.
Oh, did you want to learn about hand pollination? Well, for cucurbits you need to wait until there is a male flower and a female flower in bloom at the same time. They usually start off with a lot of one or the other, but not both. Once you have both you can remove the male flower and rub it on the stigma of the female flower. You can pollinate more than one female flower with a male flower if you are careful. Make sure some of the pollen is actually landing on the stigma. I like to say "now kiss" when I do it but I'm silly like that.
This is from a zucchini but same thing.