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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: karooba007 on May 02, 2009, 16:42

Title: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: karooba007 on May 02, 2009, 16:42

the flowers that have just formed on the squash plants are turning brown.
is the plant aborting them? Whats going on?

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: paintedlady on May 02, 2009, 17:10

possible over watering of plant or the flower has got wet, a dip in the temperature or the flower has been and gone?

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: karooba007 on May 02, 2009, 17:17

its not really a flower. its the flower bud that has just formed. no, they didn't get wet.
maybe due to over watering or  a temperature drop. the plant will later produce new flower buds right?

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: paintedlady on May 02, 2009, 17:32

if it is a nice healthy plant, then you should get more  ;)  Thinking about it now, some of the first flowers don't always open - the plant might have got conned into thinking it was summer with the recent warm temperatures, and then had an afterthought when it went chilly again.

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: DD. on May 02, 2009, 21:15

Bottom line - too early!

Only just sown mine.

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: mumofstig on May 02, 2009, 22:03

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Only just sown mine

What all the way from Swanage ::)
Good aim ? or did you miss the seed tray from that distance :unsure:

Title: Re: Flowers on squash plants turning brown
Post by: DD. on May 03, 2009, 07:54

No, silly, I sowed them on me birthday, the day before we left. (30th April - put in your diary).