Re: How quickly after pollination?

I believe the time duration for the female to be fertile is 4-6 hours after
she opens.    If you wait too long, then the opportunity is missed.
Bill Sadowski, in Ohio and starting to see some growth 


Message text written by INTERNET:pumpkins@hort.net
>From another newbie, my experience is you have one whole morning to
pollinate the female. From that point on, the petals begin to wilt and
slowly shrivel up. I suppose the petals could fall off, but mine have not,
they just shrivel up. If the pollination holds, your pumpkin should begin
to grow and change color, if it did not it could abort right away, or
anytime up to as much as softball size. 

Again, this is from my experience, which is quite limited, but I do have 6
pumpkins set, have pollinated three in the past 4 days and so far they look
ok. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dennis 
  To: pumpkins@hort.net 
  Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:43 PM
  Subject: RE: How quickly after pollination?


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