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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comThe plant has two squashes on at present but also a lot of what I presume are male flowers. Should I take the male flowers off the butternut squash plant?
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1 Comment To "removing male flowers off butternut squash"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/18/2015 @ 2:03 am
You should not remove the male blossoms. You need male blossoms for pollination of the female flowers.
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https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/squash/growing-butternut-squash.htm [2]