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Posted by chev5700 NSW Aus (My Page) on Thu, Dec 8, 05 at 14:15
hi all
we are in sydney and i must be doing something wrong.
our pumpkins come up from seed beautifully,flower and never have any pumpkins form.
the bees come around and the one i asked said he was sure he had done his bit but still nothing..
any help please!!
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RE: pumpkin flowers
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| I read somewhere that you should cut the tips of the leaders off once they reach a few feet long, to promote formation of more female flowers. Pumpkins always produce male flowers first. It also helps to hand pollenate. |
RE: pumpkin flowers
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| We always pollinate by hand, and as Sparaxis says, you don't always get flowers of both sexes until they have been flowering for a while. (In case you don't know it, the female has a bulge under it that becomes the fruit, the male doesn't). As soon as you have flowers of both sexes pick a male one and do your birds and bees imitation to all the open females. As Sparaxis also says, restricting runner growth forces more energy into fruit development. |
RE: pumpkin flowers
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- Posted by moreton Bris. Qld. Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 13, 05 at 22:00
Hi Chev5700,
next time you grow pumpkins you need cross pollination with other vines, different pumpkins, melons etc. to get a good set of fruit. Growing one variety on its own will always give a poor result, no matter how many flowers you get. Thats why farmers grow large crops and at each end of the crop, they always plant a few different vines, melons,calabash, squash etc, and a few beehives as well, to get best results. Good luck. Peter r. |
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