why is my squash molding???

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Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 8:36

this is the 4th or 5th squash I've found that the flower has mold on it then it will transfer to the squash making it rot. Does anyone know what is causing this?

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Posted by Peter1142 none (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 10:59

Inadequate pollination probably.

I've had to hand pollinate all my cucurbits, otherwise they just shrivel up or rot while still very small.

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Posted by elisa_Z5 none (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 11:14

Normally, the flower rotting is normal--it serves its purpose to pollinate the fruit and then rots and falls off.
If the fruit is rotting when the squash is still small, then as Peter says, it's because the fruit didn't get pollinated so it is dying.
What you have to do is, in the morning when the flower opens on the female (the fruit) pollinate it with pollen from an open male flower.

If you're getting rot when the squash is bigger, then I don't know what is going on.

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Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 11:20

It might be blossom end rot. How big is the squash when it starts molding/rotting?

Rodney

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