Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Here are some questions and answers from the Aug. 24 show:

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These questions and answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.

Q: My cucumbers mostly have male flowers. What can I do?

A: This has been an issue this year because the male flowers will come first and the female flowers afterwards.

With the late season that we’re having, we’re finding that some of the female flowers haven’t formed yet, especially if the cucumbers were plante

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