Zucchini Poor Fruit Set: Complete Treatment Guide
What is Zucchini Poor Fruit Set?
Symptoms
- Flowers dropping without fruit
- Small fruits shriveling
- Yellow rotting fruits
- Few viable fruits
- Mismatched flower timing
- Reduced yield
What Causes Zucchini Poor Fruit Set?
- Poor pollination
- Lack of pollinators
- Environmental stress
- Nutrient imbalance
- Extreme temperatures
- Improper watering
How to Treat Zucchini Poor Fruit Set
Organic Treatments
- Hand pollination
- Plant pollinator flowers
- Apply rock phosphate
- Use bone meal
- Add seaweed extract
- Improve growing conditions
Chemical Treatments
- Apply low-N, high-P fertilizer
- Use blossom set spray
- Balanced fertilizer
- Foliar feeding
Cultural Controls
- Attract pollinators
- Proper spacing
- Temperature management
- Adequate irrigation
- Proper timing
- Regular monitoring
How to Prevent Zucchini Poor Fruit Set
- Plant companion flowers
- Proper planting time
- Adequate spacing
- Balanced nutrition
- Proper watering
- Monitor temperatures
Recommended Fertilizers for Zucchini Poor Fruit Set
- Rock phosphate
- Bone meal (3-15-0)
- Low-N high-P fertilizer
- Seaweed extract
- Balanced NPK