The male flowers are the ones that open, release pollen, and then fall off the plant. The female flowers stay on the plant; it is from these that the zucchini come…IF the flowers are pollinated. If they are not pollinated, the female flowers fall off without producing fruit.
To pollinate zucchini by hand, first plan to do this in the morning when the flowers open up/are open. Then shake the pollen from a male flowers onto the stigma (center) of the female flower. Or touch a Q tip or swab to the male flower’s pollen then transfer it to the female. Experiment with a couple. Then give it a few days.
The male flowers are the ones that open, release pollen, and then fall off the plant. The female flowers stay on the plant; it is from these that the zucchini come…IF the flowers are pollinated. If they are not pollinated, the female flowers fall off without producing fruit.
To pollinate zucchini by hand, first plan to do this in the morning when the flowers open up/are open. Then shake the pollen from a male flowers onto the stigma (center) of the female flower. Or touch a Q tip or swab to the male flower’s pollen then transfer it to the female. Experiment with a couple. Then give it a few days.