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Q.Premature dropping of vegetable flowers

Zone Home garden outside | Bajajdev added on August 18, 2012 | Answered

Premature dropping of vegetable flowers after growth of 4-6 inch of bottle gourd plant. . . . Send me the solution to stop falling until its mature.

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Nikki
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Answered on August 20, 2012

As with squash plants, this is typical behavior. They will produce mostly male (non-fruiting) blossoms early in the season (which normally fall off) 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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