Do you need to be hand pollinated to grow cucumbers on your balcony?

Updated on Balcony 2024-07-12
3 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    If the balcony is closed, it needs to be pollinated manually, and the method is to dip the flowers into each other with a brush. If the balcony is not enclosed, it is not necessary, cucumber flowers can be pollinated by insects or external forces of the wind.

  2. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    That's the male flower, useless, let it fend for itself.

    The female flowers grow on the tail of the gherkins and do not bloom until the gherkins are older.

    If the flowers on the tail of the gherkins are blooming, and there are no ants, no flies, no bees, you can help them with a small cotton swab.

  3. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    If your balcony is closed, you need to be pollinated artificially, just dip the flowers into each other with a brush.

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