Fruit Bending in Cucurbits

Technical

In case of misshaped or small size fruits, cut open the fruit and check the seed set. If low seed set or partial set try to find out the reason!

  • due to overdose fertilizer, plants remain in vegetative stage.
  • insufficient movement of the plants for self pollinators
  • crop too dense difficult to enter for the pollinators
  • too high temperatures or too low
  • no or insufficient male flowers
  • low or no insect activity