Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #581

Hi Dennis

From another Melbourne ite, the hot weather last week, would not have helped at
all with your female flowers.  We just had our first female flowers set about 10
days ago, so there is plenty of time.   If you want to know and hopefully enter
the Australasian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition to be held in April send me
an email.   There's plenty of time yet.

Keep up the watering, welcome to the list

Wendy Stayner,     atlantic@alphalink.com.au

pdfitzger@melbpc.org.au wrote:

> > Hi all
> >
> > I am completely new to this giant pumpkin growing and have 4 major plants
> > (Atlantic) growing.
> >
> > I live in Australia and it is now late in our summer and the weather is
> > about 100F to 110F for the last week and although storming tonight we have
> > another week of about 100F to go. My plants are about 8 to 15 feet long. I
> > will get access to the works digital photo and start putting photos on my
> > home page once they are ready just for curiosity.
> >
> > The plants have all produced some decent start pumpkins but the best one
> > (almost basketball size) has now got something wrong with the stem close to
> > the pumpkin in that some of the stem looks as if it is chewed off. Is this
> > just an insect or is it more serious.
> >
> > I have had a lot of female flowers that did not fertilise and dropped off.
> > I have read about hand fertilization and this seems to work but any further
> > advice would help.
> >
> > Anyway hi to everyone.
> >
> > Dennis Fitzgerald
> >
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> >

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