https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2018/5/container-garden-self-pollinating.htm JAP69's Blog: Container garden [self pollinating] en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2018/5/container-garden-self-pollinating.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jap69/2018/5/container-garden-self-pollinating.htm Thu, 10 May 2018 12:51:26 GMT JAP69 Looks like I will need not need to keep my pollinator tool separate for my yellow squash and zucchini separate as long as I do not save the seed for next year from a plant. Good thing as I did not mark all the separate containers for the squash and zucchini and forgot what is in a container not marked.

Got to thinking about it as bees do not know the difference between different varieties. At least I think they do not.

I was just going out now to self pollinate the squashes and thought I would see if I could find anything on it.

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Cross Pollinating Crops

https://mcdowell.ces.ncsu.edu/Cross+Pollinating+Crops/

However, varieties of the same species can cross pollinate. Yellow summer squash and zucchini are the same species, (Cucurbita pepo), and will cross pollinate. This cross pollination will not affect the fruit that the plants produce this year but if you save the seed it will affect the fruit that come from that saved seed next year.

Read more at: https://mcdowell.ces.ncsu.edu/Cross+Pollinating+Crops/

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