Re: Females keep aborting before the flowers open.
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Females keep aborting before the flowers open.
- From: "* P* M* <t*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 11:29:27 PDT
Everyone wants a pumpkin their first year. My first year I didn't get
female flowers. So the next year I planted earlier. I got pumpkins. I
didn't even self polinate.
But my advice to you is to self polinate and tell me some more info.
What are your temps? Where do you live? HOw much time do you spend with
your plant each day?
>From: CamTyDD@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Females keep aborting before the flowers open.
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 02:04:20 EDT
>
>I am a first time grower. I have two great healthy plants with many vines
>on
>each. Each plant has many male flowers and has HAD many females. The
>problem
>is that although the females look great when they first come out, just
>before
>the flowers are ready to open the large-marbled sized pumpkins shrivel up
>an
>die. I started the plants inside and have had about 30 pumpkins die by
>August
>first. I started with 15-30-15 fertilizer and changed to 18-18-21,
>because it wasthe closest I could find to 20-20-20. I water enough, but I
>do
>not over water. I currently have about 8 females growing. Please somebody
>help me. I want at least one pumpkin my first year.
>
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