No Female Zucchini Blossoms

Our zucchini plants are huge and very healthy with many blossoms, but 95%of them are male blossoms with no fruit forming. We live in NH. It’s a very hot summer, but we water every other day. What causes this problem and how do we treat it so plants will produce squash?

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 07/19/2011 @ 5:57 am

This is typical behavior for a squash plant. They will produce mostly male (non-fruiting) blossoms early in the season and will gradually start to produce more female blossoms as the season progresses. Give it some time and you will see it start fruiting.

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