only "male" squash flowers

[honey]

I have read about the blossoms on zucchini and yellow crookneck squash being "Male" or "female" and having to be pollinated but all I have are tons and tons of the male blooms. They're beautiful but useless. I read about popping them off or using a q-tip or paintbrush to pollinate the female blossoms but I don't have any female blossoms to speak of. Can I just pop off the male blooms and drag them across any green buds that are just forming?

If all else fails - does anyone have any good recipes for squash blossoms?

[Roger]

Sometimes it takes a while longer for the squash to get started; as you mentioned, the male flowers usually begin well before the female parts of the plant flowers. You could try hand pollinating, it wouldn't hurt anything : but I am almost positive all you can really do is just wait on nature to take it's course.

On the other hand ... this is a tasty recipe worth trying, and at least you are getting something out of the plant :

[url]https://homecooking.about.com/od/vegetablerecipes/r/blv261.htm[/url]

[mbaker410]

How does one tell the difference between the two flowers? Or is it like cucumbers where the male has a stem and the female has a fruit behind it?

Thanks

[Sczi]

the male has a stem and the female has a fruit behind it

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[mbaker410]

Good to know... Thanks

[Sczi]

I just got back from tending my garden, and I checked out my zucchinis.. mine are all fairly young, and they only seem to have males as well, so the poster above is right.. the females will come along eventually