Re: pumpkin pollination
All:
Hey, I answered my own question. No digital camera on this end either but
boy can you tell the difference. It looks like the pumpkin flower swallowed
a golf ball. I haven't seen it with the flower open yet since pumpkin
flowers only open in the daytime, but I hope the busy bees polinate my
pumpkin.
Cheers,
-Ron M.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <menoldre@va.prestige.net>
To: <sqft-l@xena.pkiclue.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Sqft-l] 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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