My wife has planted all her garden scattered here and there where there is maximum sunlight.
Last year she planted yellow squash and grew very good and strong plant with lots of male flowers. Strangely there were e no female flowers and thus no squash ever set on.
Is there a reason for a lack of female flowers?
The plants were adequately watered. They did not receive all day sun but they were not in perpetual shade.
As of today, the lettuce s doing well as are the snow peas.
Re: Yellow Summer Squash production.
Usually it’s a pollination problem. The male flowers show up first and in abundance, then the female blooms show up - which are the ones that produce the squashes. (Basic Biology - we females have to do ALL the work, LOL!)
The usual culprits concerning lack of squash production are excessive heat and excessive moisture - so if you had either (or both) last season I would venture that those were the culprits for your lack-o-squash.
I’m thinking moisture or over-watering was a problem that year due to too much rain or too much hand watering; if the zukes weren’t in FULL sun all day (8 hours or more) they might have been holding too much moisture in the soil, even if the top of the soil looked dry.
If Mrs. Bert is trying again this season, opt for full sun and be MEAN to your Zukes - skip watering for a few days in a row if she’s planting again in a less than 8 hour sunny spot.
Bone Meal is a great fertilizer for Zukes - prevents Blossom End Rot which also shows up n tomatoes, eggplant and peppers.
Squash flowers - I have had that happen too. I had success just pinching off the male flowers. the female flowers came later on both squash plants.