Re: pumpkin pollination
Kathrine:
I am seeing the same thing about the male flowers. I also know to look for
the "baby" fruit behind the female flowers but haven't seen any. Do you
have a digital camera to take a quick picture of one of the female flowers
or can you describe the difference in the flowers.
Thanks,
-Ron M.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katherine Wendt" <katherine@memberstoaction.com>
To: <sqft-l@xena.pkiclue.com>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Sqft-l] pumpkin pollination
> Ah ha! I was out this morning with a paint brush all set to pollinate
> (before I read your message) and discovered that the flowers were
> indeed different. I didn't notice the little fruit behind the flower,
> but the rest of the flower structure was different enough that I
> realized that I had a boy and a girl on my hands. I painted the girl
> with some pollen so I hope to actually have fruit by Halloween.
>
> Aren't I just around the corner from you Margaret? I'm in McLean.
> Supposed to be 97 degrees today. Hazy. Humid.
>
>
> >The first flowers are always male flowers, and they fall off pretty
> >quickly. Female flowers (those that have a tiny version of the
> >fruit just behind the flower) come later. Sometimes even those fall
> >off if conditions are not good (that is, that temperatures are
> >within their preferred range). If female fruits are falling off,
> >come back with the question again, and tell us where you live and
> >what the weather has been like. Margaret L
> >
> >>I have a couple of pumpkin plants that are getting good flowers but
> >>it looks like many of the flowers are just falling off and not
> >>ripening into fruits. Do I need to worry? My yard is pesticide-free
> >>so we have plenty of bees around.
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