[EQAndyBuzz]

Afternoon all. So my yellow squash is doin what ist is supposed to be doing. I am getting very nice blossoms on all of my plants. So nice that I want to pick them and stuff them like a stuffed pepper.

Being that last season I had the blossoms, but instead of producing anything they fell off the plant and died. Wth good blossoms, how long does it normally take before I start seeing a veggie?

I am in the San Antonio area.

[greeneyes]

Sometimes the first bunch of flowers don’t have both male and female flowers, so they fall off with no fruit. Watch for the male and female, and then you can help them pollinate with a tiny brush or q tip.

Also if the temps get really hot, sometimes fruit won’t set on tomatoes, so I suppose that could happen with squash, but don’t know for sure. They sell a spray for tomatoes to help with this.

The DTM (days to maturity) can usually be found on the package you planted or in the catalog description.

[mistfree]

I found that using a small brush and pollinating them myself works the best. 1. the flowers are only fertile for one day and 2. you need to be able to tell the difference between male flowers and female, (look on line for pics). good luck.

[Sarajevo]

You should already have small squash on your plants. Mine has been in the ground since 1 April and producing small squash.

[SisterK]

Last year, I had only male blooms for the first ten days of squash blossoms. I have heard of two whole weeks of nothing but male blooms. Usually, after a week you should see both male and female blooms.
Most flowers of most plants have all the reproductive parts, however members of the cucurbit family are an exception to the rule (squash, cucumber, pumpkin). Thus we have male and female blossoms. As other posters have noted, it is easy to tell the female blossom because between the flower and stem, you will see a tiny squash, cucumber or pumpkin. As the fruit grows, the flower will dry up and fall off. There is no point in worrying with pollination when you only have male blooms. One way to tell if pollination is poor, is if your fruit is wonky or withers. I have never hand pollinated cucurbits, but I always have a lot of flowers in my garden, attracting pollinators.