Zucchini Sex
I learned something new in the Berkshires this weekend. There are male zucchini flowers and female zucchini flowers. The males provide the pollen and then drop off the vine. The females collect the pollen and then grow a zucchini.
See if you can tell which flower is which. I’m not giving any hints. I think you can handle it…
July 29th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
This fascinated me too, when I first learned it, and I went around showing everyone who came to visit my garden! Nature is so literal
By the way, both male and female zucchini blossoms make great fried squash blossom sandwiches!!
July 31st, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Paging Georgia O’Keeffe…
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 am
Too funny Tom. I hadn’t really thought about her, but it’s pretty obvious now.
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
I’ve never tried the fried blossoms. It always seems so decadent to eat a flower instead of a big honkin’ zucchini. But now I can fry up the male blossoms guilt-free!