Can unpollinated squash form tiny fruit that never mature?

JerryHaskins · June 12, 2017

Can unpollinated yellow, summer crook neck squash form tiny (about 1-1/2 inch long) little squash fruit that never matures?

I am getting some little bitty squash fruit that just never matures. They get about 1-1/2 inch long and just shrivel up.

Some others actually get large enough to eat.

We don't have many bees coming around and I have never pollinated it by hand.

I read somewhere that unpollinated female squash blossoms will do that (produce fruit that never develops).

Does anybody know if that is true?

I thought that an unpollinated female blossom simply would not develop any fruit at all.

Thanks.

June 12, 2017	#1
JerryHaskins Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mississippi Posts: 166	Can unpollinated squash form tiny fruit that never mature? Can unpollinated yellow, summer crook neck squash form tiny (about 1-1/2 inch long) little squash fruit that never matures? I am getting some little bitty squash fruit that just never matures. They get about 1-1/2 inch long and just shrivel up. Some others actually get large enough to eat. We don't have many bees coming around and I have never pollinated it by hand. I read somewhere that unpollinated female squash blossoms will do that (produce fruit that never develops). Does anybody know if that is true? I thought that an unpollinated female blossom simply would not develop any fruit at all. Thanks.