needs your help

If your females are not properly pollinated they will abort early  so
not to zapp to much energy from the plant.  Remember that the

Plant wants to reproduce (the survival thing).  The female needs viable
pollen meaning that all the chromosomes must be there and the age of the
male pollen along with the time of the day the female flower is
pollinated.  To assure yourself  some success you need to attract more
bees or do the pollinating yourself.  It's not a soil or water or
fertilizer  issue so don't go and start changing everything that you are
doing.  There are also many weeds that will pollinate the pumkin,squash
plant and only have 12 of the 13 chromosomes needed which will make you
think your going to get a pumkin and the die.  For yourself , next
spring when you

Start to develop some females, if you look at the tip of the flower
where the flower petals meet, they will start to separate meaning

The flower will open tomorrow morning after sunrise, you should be there
with 2 or  3 male flowers (cut the stem to get the whole male flower).
use a small brush to bring the pollen from the male to the female, when
your done use tape to close the female flower and sit back and wait.
Try to only pollinate on the main vines not the secondary's.  I have
noticed that the greatest percentage of abort have come from the main
vine,  all in all your not alone.  Good Luck

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