Female Pumpkin Flower!!!
"Ha! Ive done the same- I whooped loudly and skipped along the garden on discovering my squashes has finally produced female flowers!
Now its a race for the first frosts!"
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Pumpkin Problems!!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lu Overy Sep 8, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Okay, this year was the first time I tried to grow pumpkins. The foliage, leaves and everything grew just lovely, and it flowered beautifully. Problem was, that the only flowers it would make were…Continue
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Lu Overy replied to Jonathan Brealey's discussion Pumpkin Problems!!"Can't help with the male flower business - mine have a lot of male flowers but there have been enough female flowers to come through, luckily. I thought I'd answer about the feeding question to kick things off - I don't feed them…"
Jan Willetts replied to Jonathan Brealey's discussion Pumpkin Problems!!"My butternut squash is behaving like this too-now getting quite a few tiny fruits which don't stand a chance of maturing before the first frosts, but I was late planting them. One plant had two huge fruits on a while ago, I got them confused…"
Jonathan Brealey replied to vegman's discussion Honesty Boxes"I don't think it would work tbh in my area. The young ones would smash up the fruit and veg, then steal the money, then vandalise the table... then steal the table lolol!!!"
Jonathan Brealey replied to Karen Spray's discussion Total beginner..."Grow the radish first, then manure and wait for spring. Also I'd check out the PH level of the soil and see if there is anything that can go in now. I tend to google 'What to sow in September/October' and then google how to grow it,…"
Jonathan Brealey replied to Jonathan Brealey's discussion Pumpkin Problems!!"I have a female flower!!!! It's a good one!!! I've alrerady pollenated it like crazy, so fingers crossed!! I think it's going to be a race against time for a pumpkin before the weather turns......."
Jonathan Brealey replied to Karen Spray's discussion Total beginner..."I'd dig it over, and put some summer radish in, regardless of the soil quality, and even stones. They don't mind in my opinion. I grow 'French Breakfast' variety, and whilst they're not the quickest of all varieties, they…"
Jonathan Brealey replied to vegman's discussion Honesty Boxes"Sorry to sound thick, but what's an honesty box??"
Jonathan Brealey replied to Jonathan Brealey's discussion Pumpkin Problems!!"To be honest, it all looks a bit dead. I checked so thoroughly that all the flowers were male, that I don't think that mis-sexing was the issue. I even printed off loads of pictures of male and female flowers!! LOL! Maybe I need to change my…"
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