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- Q.What’s Wrong With My Pumpkin Vine? - It's my first time growing pumpkins and I went out this morning and they didn't seem particularly healthy. The leaves ...
- Q.Pumpkin Vine With Only Female Flowers Is Developing Fruit. - I have a couple of vines and a few fully ripe pumpkins already. Now that it is the end of ...
- Q.Pumpkin On A Stick - Can I use the seeds from the plant to propagate for next year plants? Or do I need to get ...
- Q.Can I Grow From Seeds? - I recently purchased a bunch of pumpkins on a stick for a wedding. Can I use these to grow some ...
- Q.Why Would You Say To Feed A Giant Pumpkin Milk! One Is An Animal Product In The Other A A Vegetable They Do Not Go Together. And A - s a giant pumpkin grower myself I would never cut open a vine for any reason!! Please stop giving people ...
- Q.My Grammar Pumpkin Is Growing These Enormous Pumpkins The Pumkin Fell Off Was To Heavey Due To It Climb Up Into A Lemon Tree They - spose to go orange or yellow but all still green an getting bigger each week. I can send you photos ...
- Q.Need Pumpkin Advice ASAP ! - Crazy story short. We have a full grown pumpkin plant in the house that was started at school in Oct ...
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September 26, 2021Q.What’s Wrong With My Pumpkin Vine?
It's my first time growing pumpkins and I went out this morning and they didn't seem particularly healthy. The leaves are wilting. However flowers are still blossoming. I noticed a hole in one of the vines and a change in colour to the base of the vines. Out of the three vines you can see that some are healthier than others. Last night I gave some tomato feed to the plant but other than that I have done nothing other than hand pollinate and water when it's dry. Please let me know if there is anything I need to do to perk it up. There is one female flower that I hand pollinated and it looks as if it may have been successful so I am eager to at least save that vine.
Answered by
GKH_Susan on
October 9, 2021
Certified ExpertA.There are several diseases and insects that plague pumpkin vines. Borers are deadly as they bore holes in the vines and prevent nutrient transmission. Lots of caterpillars and bugs eat the foliage so you have your work cut out for you. Check the leaves for insect eggs and remove them. Same for any bugs or worms you see.
Here is more:
https://extension.umn.edu/plant-diseases/insects-and-diseases-cucumber-pumpkin-and-squash
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Anonymous on
September 28, 2021Q.Pumpkin Vine With Only Female Flowers Is Developing Fruit.
I have a couple of vines and a few fully ripe pumpkins already. Now that it is the end of the season, the vines are starting to die back but still produce female flowers weekly. No male flowers at all. So far, I have 2 Fruits growing but there were no male flowers to pollinate them. How is this possible? I do not have any neighbors growing pumpkins...
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
October 12, 2021
Certified ExpertA.You may have bees or other insects pollinating them, and they're possibly being pollinated by other similar plants, such as certain strains of squash. If you have other plants within the same species as your pumpkins, they can cross pollinate.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/squash/can-squash-cross-pollinate-with-cucumbers.htmWas this answer useful?00 - Asked by
Anonymous on
October 11, 2021Q.Pumpkin On A Stick
Can I use the seeds from the plant to propagate for next year plants? Or do I need to get seeds that have been cured from a seed broker?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
October 18, 2021
Certified ExpertA.I did some research and it doesn't look they are cultivars, so it should work to harvest seeds for the next year. Here is more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/eggplant/ornamental-eggplant-care.htm
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Anonymous on
October 29, 2021Q.Can I Grow From Seeds?
I recently purchased a bunch of pumpkins on a stick for a wedding. Can I use these to grow some next year? Any advise?
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
November 1, 2021
Certified ExpertA.These articles have all the info you'll need:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pumpkin/saving-pumpkin-seeds-how-to-store-pumpkin-seed-for-planting.htm
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Anonymous on
November 21, 2021Q.Why Would You Say To Feed A Giant Pumpkin Milk! One Is An Animal Product In The Other A A Vegetable They Do Not Go Together. And A
s a giant pumpkin grower myself I would never cut open a vine for any reason!! Please stop giving people misleading information as a giant pumpkin grower the milk thing is a myth. Animal product vegetable product when mixed go Rancid eventually look at your compost bin!!
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
November 22, 2021
Certified ExpertA.In the article, she is not advocating for using the milk, she gives several reasons not to, including the high cost of milk vs. fertilizer, how cutting a slit in the vine will open it up to disease and pests, and lastly, the milk going rancid. She does give instructions for those who, despite the down side, want to give it a try.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pumpkin/milk-fed-pumpkins.htm
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Anonymous on
February 17, 2022Q.My Grammar Pumpkin Is Growing These Enormous Pumpkins The Pumkin Fell Off Was To Heavey Due To It Climb Up Into A Lemon Tree They
spose to go orange or yellow but all still green an getting bigger each week. I can send you photos please help An this is a small one . Some over half meter an the round is like nearly a meter round .
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
March 4, 2022
Certified ExpertA.You may have gramma trombone which is ready in 14 weeks and is greenish to orange. Even some photos of the gramma variety are greenish. Yours may be getting overripe.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pumpkin/how-to-tell-when-pumpkins-are-ripe.htm
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May 21, 2022Q.Need Pumpkin Advice ASAP !
Crazy story short. We have a full grown pumpkin plant in the house that was started at school in Oct 2020 - we kept it going it's May 2020. It's 24 feet long. We have one baby pumpkin that is two weeks old about 3.5 lbs. Can we cut it loose from the vine and send it back to school to finish out the school year with the kids, maybe turn or start to turn orange before June 15th. I was thinking about leaving about two feet of vine that they can provide a water source for.
- Answered by
GKH_Susan on
May 24, 2022
Certified ExpertA.That's a good looking pumpkin! This article tells you what to do. And it doesn't sound like you need to put the cut vine in water (that might make it rot). Keep the pumpkin in a dry, sunny place and it should turn orange.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pumpkin/how-to-tell-when-pumpkins-are-ripe.htm
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