Awesome harvest. Last season I had to hand pollinate our cucumbers because the insects weren't doing their job. I kept missing the female flowers though so we didn't end up getting many. Very jealous you got so many from 2 plants. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
I attract a lot of pollinators to my garden since I have such a large variety of plants with something always flowering. My neighbors als have huge rose of sharon bushes directly next to my garden which attract tons of bees. They are very important in the garden. Thanks for commenting.
Yes, very important. I also do what I can to attract pollinators. There is something weird happening in this region, not just my garden, where most people have to hand pollinate zucchinis, pumpkins, watermelon, even passionfruit. There are lots of bees around as well as other bugs, my garden is swarming with things most of the time, yet for some reason, things aren't pollinating. It's the middle of winter here and birds have started nesting and fruit trees have started blossoming. Everything is very confused. It's a bizarre phenomenon that I haven't heard a good explanation for as yet.
That's scary. I hate to hear things like that. Hopefully things will correct back to normal but who knows with what's going on these days.