RE: Weird
Wsmpeace,
How old are your vines? It could be that the vines aren't old enough to
keep a female yet, although 12 feet seems like its good enough. I have
read somewhere that nitrogen rich soil encourages male flowers and
discourages females. For this reason many folks stop feeding nitrogen
to their plants about two weeks before the target pollination week, the
first 7 days of July for most. From then on they want to feed the
fruit, not the leaves, so nitrogen feedings are properly diminished.
In my case, I just got my plants in the ground last week. I just sold
my house, so the garden went with it. I have 1-2 foot vines that have
not vined yet... they are growing straight out of the ground like trees.
I'll be pollinating my fruit late and harvesting late this year. I'm
giving them plenty of nitrogen, but they still seem to be in transplant
shock.
Anybody else have an idea what might be going on with Wsmpeace's
females? (females often confuse me. :-D)
Toby
mr-sprout@sbcglobal.net
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Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:13 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Weird
Novice grower in Ky. found note about lack of male flowers interesting.
Thanks for the pollinating lesson Toby! I have 3 plants growing, all
approx. 12 ft
vines. My plants seem to have a lack of female flowers. The few that I
have
seen, with pea size fruit under the very small unopened flower have
withered up.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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