Okay, so my zucchinis are still flowering, but still no fruits. A friend of mine sent me this link to help me figure out the answer. https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/vegetables/flower-fail-blossoms-arent-pretty-when-zucchini-wont-fruit
Huzzah. So, zukes have their male and female parts in separate flowers instead all in each flower. Silly gits. As far as I can remember... I haven't been outside yet to look again... mine are only producing male flowers. But I haven't really lifted their skirts up lately, so I could be wrong.
Since zukes only have their flowers open first thing in the morning, I'll check when it's light out. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
In other news, I do have one tiny tomato. But none of the rest of them are blooming, so I'm not holding out hope for more.
Plant sex... It's a thing. I really need some bow-chicka-bow-bow going on out there or no fruits for the zukes and tomatoes. Thank goodness no actual sex is necessary for carrots and lettuce. Next year, I may plant a sexless garden - adding potatoes and maybe spinach. Leaves and roots, baby. You can't go far wrong with leaves and roots.
Update: 7:20am. All the flowers on my zucchini plants are male. Not a girl in the bunch. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever SEEN a female flower out there. Which means all my previous attempts at hand-fertilizing was wasted. It's like the Gay Men's Chorus out there. Lots of show, but no chance of fertilization. Now I need to research how to get my plants to make some girl flowers so they can make babies and give me veggies to eat.
Update: 7:40am. Leaving this link here for future reference: 5 Reasons Your Squash Plants Are Only Producing Male Flowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCXSYt6dWUI
