Re: Cutting Off Male Flowers
- Subject: Re: Cutting Off Male Flowers
- From: Stephen Smith u*@ureach.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:54:38 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Matt,
You might check a post in the archives for June (16th) 2003 by
Kevin Smith (pumpkin pirate). He explains the advantage of
flower pruning the best I have seen.
Steve Smith
Harrison, TN
---- On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, J. Matt Wickless (matt@wickless.com)
wrote:
> Okay folks, question of the day:
>
> I have heard that you are supposed to cut the male flowers off
after the
> pumpkins set, and I have done that, but I have no idea as to
why I am
> doing that. Do the male flowers take a lot of nutrients from
the
> pumpkins?
>
> Many Thanks!
>
> Matt, the inquisitive.
> matt@wickless.com <m*@wickless.com>
>
>
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