Home Vegetable Garden Techniques: Hand Pollination of Squash and Corn in Small Gardens -- Figure 2. Flowers from Zucchini squash. Two female flowers are on the left; note rudimentary fruit below the flowers. Two male flowers are on the on right; note straight stems below flowers. Petals have been cut away from male flower to expose the anther with pollen.

HS1149: Home Vegetable Garden Techniques: Hand Pollination of Squash and Corn in Small Gardens

Figure 2. Flowers from Zucchini squash. Two female flowers are on the left; note rudimentary fruit below the flowers. Two male flowers are on the on right; note straight stems below flowers. Petals have been cut away from male flower to expose the anther with pollen.

Credit: E. Thralls

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