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10 May 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Check to see if you have bees working in your area/garden otherwise you might have to hand pollinate in the mornings when the female flowers come out. they are only open for a 1/2 day.

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08 Jan 18, Tony Barnes (Australia - temperate climate)

Planted my zucchini early in raised beds. Brilliant start looked good producing well. Then these and later plantings have started well but the leaves get a shrivelled look around the edges and only male flowers are produced. When I pull these plants out the roots are quite rotten looking. Am in Northern Rivers area NSW so very humid with warm/hot winds.

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09 Jan 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Try growing from Sept - as you say hot and humid now.

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26 Dec 17, Steve (Australia - tropical climate)

All about the soil, my plants are the size of seven week old plants. Try a mix of compost, coir, perlite and tomato mix.

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04 Dec 17, Robert (Australia - temperate climate)

I have 2 plants that are growing well, I have one zucchini that matured,but now the small fruit are turning yellow before the flowers open and fall off. Any advice please.

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08 Dec 17, Fred (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Mix one cup of milk to 2 litters of water and put 2 cups of the mixture into the base of each plant. And you need to use this lime sprinkle two hand full around the base of the plant before watering.

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08 Dec 17, Fred (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Dolomite lime. It's a good source of calcium. For some reason the link in my previous reply was deleted.

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13 Dec 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

They don't post links.

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05 Dec 17, Meg (Australia - temperate climate)

Mine are doing the same. From past experience I know that no fertilisation is taking place. Unfortunately the flowers are remaining closed so you can't even do it yourself!

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07 Dec 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I posted here in the pumpkin section - the female flower only opens one day and is shut by mid afternoon. So the bees or you have a very limited time to pollinate the female flower. Zucchini pumpkin cucumbers are from the same family so maybe this applies to all these plants. If you don't have bees then you need to look each day to see when the female flower opens. It takes approx. 12 visits by a bee to pollinate a pumpkin female flower.

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