From: About.com Gardening
With summer squash, itÂ’s either feast or famine.
Summer squash, which includes zucchini, yellow straight and
crookneck and the flying saucer-shaped pattypan, is usually thought
of as prolific. Who doesnÂ’t have a story about leaving
bags of zucchini on your neighborÂ’s back step under
cloak of darkness? But these same enthusiastic yielders can be
frustratingly slow to get it in gear. Squash plants produce both
male and female flowers and they tend to start off the season by
producing a lot of male flowers only. So it can seem like your
plants are getting ready to set fruit, but the flowers just fall
off and leave you with nothing. Be patient. Once the plant is
strong enough t...
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