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Manual Pollination of cucumbers #52374 July 19th, 2006 at 02:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 St. Louis, MO K Katica OP Junior Member
OP Katica Junior Member K Joined: Jul 2006 St. Louis, MO	Can someone tell me how to manually pollinate my cucumbers. My fruit is not developing and I'm pretty sure it's because of lack of pollination. I'm a total beginner, so I have no idea how to go about this. Thanks for your help.

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Re: Manual Pollination of cucumbers #52375 July 19th, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Joined: May 2006 Ks, USA LandOfOz Member
LandOfOz Member Joined: May 2006 Ks, USA	A female flower should have a bud or super-mini cuke on the end of it and males will just be a flower on a longer stem. Take the male and rub it's center into the center of the female flower. That is pretty much all there is too it--just without all the proper names for flower-parts.

Re: Manual Pollination of cucumbers #52376 July 19th, 2006 at 11:25 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	Sarah is exactly right. One tip would be to carefully peel the petals off the male flowers exposing the stamen. This carries the pollen. Just swab it gently on the stigma of the female flowers.

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