Squash Plants Developing Fruit but Stop Growing

Straight neck squash is setting fruit but stops growing at 2-3 inches, and then end blossom rot occurs and fruit falls off. Why?

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 06/01/2011 @ 9:29 am

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