Squash Blossom
2010
why do my squash blossoms fall off without turning into squash?
Could it have to do with polination? although this seems to happen to my plants even outside. Would it be possible for me to pollinate the plant by hand?
If the blossoms are not pollinated they fall off without turning into squash.
Yes! You can pollinate by hand.
Gently rub the pollen of the male blossom onto the inside stigma of the female flower. Make sure to come in contact with all segments of the stigma. You can leave the stamen inside the female flower, but It's not necessary.
At the bottom of the blossom of a female is a tiny vegetable or fruit (ovary). If the blossom is male there is nothing there. Pollination will be more successful if several male flowers are used to pollinate one female flower. Pollination needs to be made to all segments of the female flower. Do this before 10 a.m. because pollination carried out at the end of the morning during warm weather has very little chance of success because the pollen will have heated up and fermented and will no longer be viable.
Pollinating squash by hand video:
http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm/AgWeb/videos/peopleplace/wmv/squashPollination.html
Since squash belong to the same family as pumpkins, this site illustrates & gives directions on how to pollinate your flowers:
http://www.pumpkinnook.com/howto/pollen.htm
Make sure you don't water overhead early in the morning so the male flowers can have a chance to pollinate the female flowers.
Male flowers are short lived. They will open up before dawn and will close completely by mid-morning.The male flowers possess both pollen and nectar, the female flowers only nectar. If the plants are watered from overhead early in the day, that may prevent all further pollination for that day. Everything gets washed off of the short-lived male flowers. Replacement flowers do not open then until the following morning.
There can be other reasons why blossoms don't set fruit & fall off. Sometimes, even if they were pollinated... the blossoms can also abort from the stress of high day and night time temperatures. Also, extreme temperatures during flowering... below 55 degrees or above 85 degrees... can also reduce fruit set. Too much shade or not enough light, plant disease, pest problems & even too much nitrogen can cause poor fruit set.
Good luck! Enjoy the video 
Hope it helps.
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