zucchini flowers, male or female?

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Posted by leslie_c 7, harrisonburg (My Page) on

Sun, Jun 24, 07 at 10:25

My zucchini plants have flowers on them, but I can't tell if I have any female flowers yet?

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Posted by ruthieg__tx z8 TX (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 26, 07 at 16:25

Those are all male flowers...there would be a tiny tiny little zucchini behind the blower if it was female...It won't be long though....they nearly always produce a few males first and then a female...

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