My pumpkin is only throwing out male flowers. Does this mean it is gay??????
I have had the plant in since October….
so if its not gay….does this mean
Its anti female?
Male phobic?
Screwing with my mind?
Or just shy in bed???????
anti-female most likely. Our pumikin required the delicate touch of her indoors to procreate successfully this year…
pain master said:
anti-female most likely. Our pumikin required the delicate touch of her indoors to procreate successfully this year…
Crikey. Bloke does the boogooloo for a few days and the duckwoman has lost it.
Your poofter pumpkin needs to have it’s growth tips ripped off. That’s right. Rip its tips off.
It’ll encourage more female flowers.
However, the season is a cracker. Your pumpkin thinks it can live forever.
Why bother with sheilas if you could live forever right!
I like to plant them late, they don’t get so big, and they produce females quickly.
Poofter pumpkins. Strewth..
Shy in bed…
:D
When I had this problem some years ago, the general consensus agreed with PM’s advice as above: take the tips off…
Dinetta said:
When I had this problem some years ago, the general consensus agreed with PM’s advice as above: take the tips off…
that’d be Longy’s advice. He’s taller then me.
Longy said:
pain master said:
anti-female most likely. Our pumikin required the delicate touch of her indoors to procreate successfully this year…
Crikey. Bloke does the boogooloo for a few days and the duckwoman has lost it.
Your poofter pumpkin needs to have it’s growth tips ripped off. That’s right. Rip its tips off.
It’ll encourage more female flowers.
However, the season is a cracker. Your pumpkin thinks it can live forever.
Why bother with sheilas if you could live forever right!
I like to plant them late, they don’t get so big, and they produce females quickly.
Poofter pumpkins. Strewth..
I had forgotten to say the pumpkin has been circumcised by not only me but the ducks as well, if the tips get too close to the fence…….
I was wondering if I put the plant in too early…..
Lucky1 said:
I was wondering if I put the plant in too early…..
I had the same prob with my spaghetti squash plant, but all fem flowers and no males. Then yesty I spotted a lone male flower so I fertilized the fems by hand with a lil paintbrush. It’s growing gangbusters on the back fence trellis.
Longy said:
pain master said:
anti-female most likely. Our pumikin required the delicate touch of her indoors to procreate successfully this year…
Crikey. Bloke does the boogooloo for a few days and the duckwoman has lost it.
Your poofter pumpkin needs to have it’s growth tips ripped off. That’s right. Rip its tips off.
It’ll encourage more female flowers.
However, the season is a cracker. Your pumpkin thinks it can live forever.
Why bother with sheilas if you could live forever right!
I like to plant them late, they don’t get so big, and they produce females quickly.
Poofter pumpkins. Strewth..
Pumpkin tips are quite tasty.
I’ve got a volunteer pumpkin come up in feral corner. No way am I going in there to try and pollinate it.
Cane toads there lurk. :(
bubba louie said:
I’ve got a volunteer pumpkin come up in feral corner. No way am I going in there to try and pollinate it.Cane toads there lurk. :(
wuss. and yes Pumikin tops are well tasty and I daresay Longy has had them in PNG before???
Lucky1 said:
I had forgotten to say the pumpkin has been circumcised by not only me but the ducks as well, if the tips get too close to the fence…….
In that case, one would not anticipate a high risk of STD…
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I suppose it matters where you live but my grandparents taught me to never bother planting a pumkin before the 1st Jan.
It isn’t uncommon for all cucurbits to flower more males at first.False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.
off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
great harvest o’ Lucky1, thank heavens the neighbours weren’t outside eh?
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
great harvest o’ Lucky1, thank heavens the neighbours weren’t outside eh?
What are you saying I’m not good enough for a perve????;P Well!!!!!
Heheheh would have screwed up the rest of their year….ROTFPIMP
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
great harvest o’ Lucky1, thank heavens the neighbours weren’t outside eh?
What are you saying I’m not good enough for a perve????;P Well!!!!!
Heheheh would have screwed up the rest of their year….ROTFPIMP
you just never know what evil lurks in the minds of strangers.
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:great harvest o’ Lucky1, thank heavens the neighbours weren’t outside eh?
What are you saying I’m not good enough for a perve????;P Well!!!!!
Heheheh would have screwed up the rest of their year….ROTFPIMP
you just never know what evil lurks in the minds of strangers.
Yeah but I know my neighbors by their first names…..lol
My legs and arms have those red welts on them from the hairy bits on the pumpkin vine…….feels better after the shower though.
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
My feral pumpkin has climbed the pool ladder and is fighting with the snail vine.
Lucky1 said:
My legs and arms have those red welts on them from the hairy bits on the pumpkin vine…….feels better after the shower though.
You should see me after a battle with my broms. You’d think I would know better by now.
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
My feral pumpkin has climbed the pool ladder and is fighting with the snail vine.
If all goes well this will be my best pumpkin crop ever. One year I got nothing off the plants…not a thing.
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
My legs and arms have those red welts on them from the hairy bits on the pumpkin vine…….feels better after the shower though.
You should see me after a battle with my broms. You’d think I would know better by now.
Same here too Bubba…….. I should have known better and popped old pants and long sleeves on.
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
chuckle.
productive jungle that. keep watering – i think talk of food prices rising is premature but one never knows.
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
chuckle.
productive jungle that. keep watering – i think talk of food prices rising is premature but one never knows.
Yep food has gone up in the shops already.
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
chuckle.
productive jungle that. keep watering – i think talk of food prices rising is premature but one never knows.
On the TV just now that some things will go up by as much as 4 times and stay that way for months.
It’s just starting to trickle through now because farmers are starting to assess the damage.
bubba louie said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
False alarm….he’s as randy as anything….I fell over in the jungle, tipping the empty bird path with me. Nearly crushed a pumpkin. Think I found 3 or was that 4 in my delirium trying to get out…………………. also a zucchini 3 almost ripe tomatoes and a pile of beans….778 grams for today’s harvest.off to have a shower to wash the jungle off me.
Oh yeah, no wonder Jane wasn’t in a skirt for long….climbing with the skirt hem up around the waist isn’t a good look. Thankfully the plants were up to and past my boobs…..lol
chuckle.
productive jungle that. keep watering – i think talk of food prices rising is premature but one never knows.
On the TV just now that some things will go up by as much as 4 times and stay that way for months.
It’s just starting to trickle through now because farmers are starting to assess the damage.
This was due to happen for other reasons than just flood.
Floods both exacerbate production losses and assist production increases, at least in Australia.
bubba louie said:
Lucky1 said:
My legs and arms have those red welts on them from the hairy bits on the pumpkin vine…….feels better after the shower though.
You should see me after a battle with my broms. You’d think I would know better by now.
yeah but one look at Broms and one thinks “this could be tricky”, one look at a pumikin vine and one thinks “alright, pumikin soup coming right up!”
Try a pair of welding gloves the next time you tackle your Broms Bubba, you’ll get forearm protection.
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer????
Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????
“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????
are they rotting from the stem part or is the pumpkin itself going rotten? Is it the vine or the pumpkin that’s developing the rot?
I’m thinking air circulation but I’m not an egg-spert…
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????are they rotting from the stem part or is the pumpkin itself going rotten? Is it the vine or the pumpkin that’s developing the rot?
I’m thinking air circulation but I’m not an egg-spert…
Pumpkin rotting from what I can see………………
Think I’ll try rock melons next year and just buy pumpkin at the grocer shop
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
I need a GPS to find things down the back:(
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
But you’d have to give treatment for half a doz or more conditions first. LOL. I’d like to see him only make one diagnosis and then fix it :)
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
That is the usual problem
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????
To wet?
Veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????To wet?
No I don’t think so VG.
Maybe Supernatural could come a calling….. people say I have the devil in me some days….hehehe
Lucky1 said:
Veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????To wet?
No I don’t think so VG.
Maybe Supernatural could come a calling….. people say I have the devil in me some days….hehehe
Its Better then my 1 pumpkin…. on 4 vines, bee’s seem to be working the flowers more now.
Lucky1 said:
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
I need a GPS to find things down the back:(
So do I , need a vege patch GPS. Getting past those sunflowers now is nigh on impossible lol!
Bees lazy here too so I hand polinated. Not that that did any good..there’s a fungal infection full on.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
pomolo said:Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
I need a GPS to find things down the back:(
So do I , need a vege patch GPS. Getting past those sunflowers now is nigh on impossible lol!
Bees lazy here too so I hand polinated. Not that that did any good..there’s a fungal infection full on.
Bugger…one thing the pumpkin vine “IS” doing…keeping the weeds down in that area.
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
My point exactly…(fixed in an hour)
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
Lucky1 said:
Bugger…one thing the pumpkin vine “IS” doing…keeping the weeds down in that area.
Well why don’t you leave it as living mulch and any pumpkins are a bonus? Compost the rotting ones or feed them to your feathered crew…
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
yep
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:Bugger…one thing the pumpkin vine “IS” doing…keeping the weeds down in that area.
Well why don’t you leave it as living mulch and any pumpkins are a bonus? Compost the rotting ones or feed them to your feathered crew…
Sounds like a plan. I’ll remove the pumpkin when it starts to die back….makes the garden look FAB TAB at the moment…..heheheh
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
You did so well with that triffid vine, I’d say the genetics might be at fault for this current vine…
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
yes. same for zucchinis and other cucurbits.
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
next year could be good for pumpkins!!
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
yes. same for zucchinis and other cucurbits.
Thanks, BlueGreen and AnneS
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????
been a bit wet your way for the pumikins to stay on vine eh?
AnneS said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:“House”… if you can hack the suspense…
He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
But you’d have to give treatment for half a doz or more conditions first. LOL. I’d like to see him only make one diagnosis and then fix it :)
I’d like to see him have a shave!!!
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
when they are really tiny they will rot if not fertilised, but they won’t get much bigger than a lime.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
when they are really tiny they will rot if not fertilised, but they won’t get much bigger than a lime.
That’s what was happening…
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
You did so well with that triffid vine, I’d say the genetics might be at fault for this current vine…
More tomatoes next season….
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
yes. same for zucchinis and other cucurbits.
No problem with the zucchinis.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
next year could be good for pumpkins!!
Bite me!!! LOL
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????been a bit wet your way for the pumikins to stay on vine eh?
Not that I am aware of….8 mm the other day….odd water from me…. nothing to egg-citing
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:I have bees though???? Oh bugger…plant more tomatoes next year instead…
next year could be good for pumpkins!!
Bite me!!! LOL
Are pumpkins the new rhubarb Lucky?
colliewa said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:next year could be good for pumpkins!!
Bite me!!! LOL
Are pumpkins the new rhubarb Lucky?
ROTFPIMP….must be………………….
it has happened to me – with watermelons.
are your seed good? mine weren’t.
pinching off the growing tip and watering with seaweed or liquid potash works sometimes. it stops the plant growing and starts it fruiting.
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
Okay I’ve had a few pumpkins set and then they get so big and rot off……………………thoughts on this problem…has he gone from being gay to a serial pumpkin killer???? Do I need to call in “House” …“Criminal Minds” or “Supernatural” and get a evil spirit removed?????are they rotting from the stem part or is the pumpkin itself going rotten? Is it the vine or the pumpkin that’s developing the rot?
I’m thinking air circulation but I’m not an egg-spert…
How big are they getting? Might not be pollinated.
pepe said:
it has happened to me – with watermelons.are your seed good? mine weren’t.
pinching off the growing tip and watering with seaweed or liquid potash works sometimes. it stops the plant growing and starts it fruiting.
Might try that on my watermelon vines, just flowers, not fruit.
Dinetta said:
Am I to understand that if the pumpkins develop without fertilization, they will rot? I used to lose a lot of little pumpkins on Sonny Joe’s vine to this…
YES!!!
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:
it has happened to me – with watermelons.are your seed good? mine weren’t.
pinching off the growing tip and watering with seaweed or liquid potash works sometimes. it stops the plant growing and starts it fruiting.
Might try that on my watermelon vines, just flowers, not fruit.
needs to be in its second stage of growth – it needs to have spread a bit.
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:
it has happened to me – with watermelons.are your seed good? mine weren’t.
pinching off the growing tip and watering with seaweed or liquid potash works sometimes. it stops the plant growing and starts it fruiting.
Might try that on my watermelon vines, just flowers, not fruit.
We have 3 w/melons set but the vines are puny. They are table melons. D planted them to be cucumbers. Where he planted the melon seeds there were cucumbers but the rain upset them. They never developed . I payout on him.
pepe said:
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:
it has happened to me – with watermelons.are your seed good? mine weren’t.
pinching off the growing tip and watering with seaweed or liquid potash works sometimes. it stops the plant growing and starts it fruiting.
Might try that on my watermelon vines, just flowers, not fruit.
needs to be in its second stage of growth – it needs to have spread a bit.
couple of long vines and just a few flowers.
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:
Veg gardener said:Might try that on my watermelon vines, just flowers, not fruit.
needs to be in its second stage of growth – it needs to have spread a bit.
couple of long vines and just a few flowers.
these are my japs and rock melons. they were planted in about november and are just beginning to flower now. i have plenty of space – and when the winter rains come in march to may i will harvest them.
no action needed.
lucky planted hers earlier i think and has more fertile soil and has had more flowering and some fruit set. her space is not unlimited and if she waits til march her whole back garden could be under pumpkin rule.
you might be more like me VG – if you’ve got room just let them spread and take no action. your climate and planting times would be different to mine so it’s your decision.
pepe said:
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:needs to be in its second stage of growth – it needs to have spread a bit.
couple of long vines and just a few flowers.
these are my japs and rock melons. they were planted in about november and are just beginning to flower now. i have plenty of space – and when the winter rains come in march to may i will harvest them.
no action needed.lucky planted hers earlier i think and has more fertile soil and has had more flowering and some fruit set. her space is not unlimited and if she waits til march her whole back garden could be under pumpkin rule.
you might be more like me VG – if you’ve got room just let them spread and take no action. your climate and planting times would be different to mine so it’s your decision.
Yep, I let them all spread out and take over the whole area, Yeah mine were Planted about December.
pepe said:
Veg gardener said:
pepe said:needs to be in its second stage of growth – it needs to have spread a bit.
couple of long vines and just a few flowers.
these are my japs and rock melons. they were planted in about november and are just beginning to flower now. i have plenty of space – and when the winter rains come in march to may i will harvest them.
no action needed.lucky planted hers earlier i think and has more fertile soil and has had more flowering and some fruit set. her space is not unlimited and if she waits til march her whole back garden could be under pumpkin rule.
you might be more like me VG – if you’ve got room just let them spread and take no action. your climate and planting times would be different to mine so it’s your decision.
Morning (just). I would still pinch out the growing tips to encourage more female flowers
AnneS said:
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:He’d have it at deaths door and fixed in an hour though……
Just sounds like pollination to me. You may have to hand pollinate. Your bees are lazy.
That is the usual problem
My butternuts did this, even after I hand pollinated them. My dad reckoned there might have been something missing from the soil. Oh well – they came up from compost so I wasn’t too fussed. They’ve died off from the heat now, I didn’t have the energy to water in between retic days.