Got limited garden space and this year wanted to get away with one zucchini plant and one straight neck yellow squash plant. I normally do two of each but want to use the space for other plants this time.

Will a single zucchini plant and yellow squash plant pollenate each other (naturally with bees of course)? Will I get some cross breed result or normal results?

Thanks in advance.

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Posted by CrawDude

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 11:39 am to nchawg

Squash plants do not need other squash plants for cross pollination as each squash plant produces male and female flowers, so just one plant of each is fine.

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Posted by nchawg

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 11:56 am to CrawDude

Thanks. Now I feel like an idiot for asking. At least I leaned something today. Thanks again.

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Posted by CrawDude

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 12:05 pm to nchawg

Vegetable plants in general don’t need multiple plants for cross pollination - can’t think of any off-hand that do - but a fair number of fruit trees, not all of course, often do need different varieties (cultivars) for cross pollination to bear fruit, or at least to produce heavy fruit crops.

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Posted by gumbo2176

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 12:40 pm to nchawg

I've got the room to grow squash, but every time I do I lose them to squash vine borers right after the first squash are produced. No matter what I do to prevent them, they will kill the plants-----and I love grilled squash and to use them in soups.

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