Comments on: Pollinating Cucumber Flowers

By: I Need a Bee! «

I Need a Bee! « — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:49:55 +0000

[...] they do and since I really don’t want a bee in the house, I had to learn how to be the bee. Gardening with Wilson taught me all I needed to know about the birds and bees regarding cucumbers. Right now I have [...]

By: Adrien

Adrien — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:53:49 +0000

Hi Pat, after reading your story I got a chuckle. It sounds like you’ve confused wasps with bees

If you want to attract honey bees or bumble bees to your garden to provide natural polination, plant some catnip in your garden. BOSS catnip grows quite tall and attracts bees like no other plant…very benefical to have in/near your garden!

Also, if you happend to bait the “bees” with an open can of dogfood, you may be visited by a racoon, who might also steal your cucumbers and other edibles, so be careful!

By: fg

fg — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:00:33 +0000

thanks for the info from Melbourne, Australia

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:49:11 +0000

Thanks for this from Dorset, southern England

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:01:10 +0000

Hi Prashanth.C,

In principal it must be possible to pollinate a female flower with a male flower of the same plant. Cucumber plants are self-pollinaters.

A reason that it doesn’t work, could be that the pollen are not fertile. You could try some other cucumber plants to pollinate.

By: wendy

wendy — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:19:31 +0000

Thanks for the good and useful advice ,its exactly what I needed

By: Arsh

Arsh — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:38:13 +0000

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By: isyanto

isyanto — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:36:40 +0000

i’m indonesian. it’s a great. thank’s Wil.

By: Prashanth.C

Prashanth.C — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:19 +0000

i am in India, i have some cucumber plants in my garden, i tried to pollinate it, my question is can i use the male flower of same plant to pollinate the female flower of that or i have to use male flower from different plants…i tried both but flowers were not pollinated, female flowers just became yellow and shed down…pls can any one give me a solution….

By: Carly

Carly — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:49:23 +0000

I, too, have a cucumber plant with nothing but female flowers! It is growing fabulously well, bug and strong, just no boys. I bought the plant at a PTA sale, and either mislaid or never had a description tag. What should I look for next time to be sure I either have a plant that will yield both male and female or that I have 2 plants that can mate to grow side by side?
Thanks!