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Re: Female Flowers

Kurt Frederick wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric.
> 
> Potentially, any or all of the females could be pollenated and set fruit.
> However, I would allow the vines to become much longer before setting any
> fruit.  You can cut off the first females.  More will appear near the ends
> of your vines as they grow.
> 
> As far as burying, I would also let the vines grow a bit before I did that.
> I assume your vines are perhaps between 3 and 4 feet long as they were 25" a
> few days ago.  I wouldn't bury any female flowers (unless you are cutting
> them off that part of the vine anyway).  I'm not an expert on burying vines,
> but I wait until the leaf joint I'm burying has put out a side shoot that is
> perhaps 8" or more in length and a large thick tendril is growing out of it.
> I also leave the last 2 feet of vine unburied until it has fallen naturally
> to the ground.
> 
> Kurt Frederick
> 
> At 10:12 AM 6/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi Kurt,
> >       The shape of the ovaries are round and are about the size of a grape.
> >They are yellow.  They have 5 sepals.  What's puzzling to me is the
> >proximity of the flowers to the main root.  They are all within 20
> >inches.  Where's the pumpkin going to set?  There's not enough room for
> >a ton of pumpkin (hehehe) without smashing the plant.  I thought the
> >flowers were suppose to be out at ten feet.  I buried most of the vines
> >this morning, which brings me to another question.  These female flowers
> >are real close to the vine and make it difficult to bury the vines
> >without burying the flowers.  Is this normal?
> >
> >Eric
> >Port Orchard, WA
> >
> >Hi again I forgot to ask..... Is there an art to lopping off the female 
flowers before the vine is 10 or 15 ft?  th77@columbia.edu
 Thanks again
  Teri from NY Southern Tier
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