If you are growing cucumber plants that are flowering but not producing any fruit, the issue may be pollination -- or a lack thereof. In most gardens, bees and other insects pollinate plants naturally ...

Q. My cucumber and squash are not setting fruit even though the plants appear healthy. I’m not seeing many bees. Can this be part of my problem? A. More than likely this is the result of incomplete ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

Q. I am new at gardening and keep reading that cucumbers have male and female flowers and that I am going to have to hand-pollinate to get fruit. Is this true? A. Most cucumber varieties produce ...

When cucumber flowers are pollinated, they have a good chance of fertilization and cucumber growth. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/Andrey Abryutin From a small seed to a large, climbing cucumber, we ...

Huber demonstrated hand pollinating, gently rubbing one yellow cucumber blossom against another. Despite the lack of red tomatoes, the weather and the invisible attacks of thrip and mildew, Huber said ...

Cucumbers add a fresh garden flavor to salads and slaws and are used in a number of beauty products and treatments. There are a great number of cucumber varieties available for home growing. Whether ...

Enjoy delicious fruit—even if you're growing your trees indoors. Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural ...

Q. I was walking in my vegetable garden the other day and noticed that some of my squash blossoms are falling off. What is going on? Is this an insect problem? What should I do? A. I have gotten ...

I have read at least two articles in The Seattle Times about the lack of bees; each one seemed to focus on how to attract other insects to do the pollinating. Neither one mentioned hand-pollinating.

Watch how a lemon cucumber was growing from a seed to fruits in this time lapse. The cucumber seed was planted in a pot with potting-mix soil, grow lights, and regular water. The seedling sprouted up ...