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by LandOfOz on July 08, 2006 05:35 AM
I don't pull off the dead blossoms. I just let them do their thing until it's time to eat them. I've never had problems with diseases caused by the blossoms.
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Sarah - Zone 5b/6
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Sarah - Zone 5b/6
by Tonya on July 08, 2006 06:36 AM
by johnCT on July 08, 2006 06:40 AM
Julianna would know the answer to this question. ![[thumb]](im/graemlins/thumb.gif)
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John - Zone 6
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John - Zone 6
by Longy on July 08, 2006 11:37 AM
Once the flower is dead, you can remove it or not. Doesn't matter. It has done its job. I would leave them though until they have fully wilted. Not sure at what point they become irrelevant but i imagine it's within 24hrs of being pollinated.
BER and not being pollinated are 2 different things. (Though i can see how they appear similar on cucurbits.)
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The secret is the soil.
BER and not being pollinated are 2 different things. (Though i can see how they appear similar on cucurbits.)
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The secret is the soil.
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When flowers are passing on (dieing). . . do you remove the wilted flower away from the fruit? (zuke/cukes/cantaloupes/squash)? I did so on a few plants thinking that it would pass on a disease from sitting there and dying. . . but i got BER on a few of mmy squash (i think from not pollinating good enuff). Thnx!