The blossoms on my pumpkin plants are drying up and not growing into pumpkins. What can I do?

Answer 1

here is a great ref site on pollination below. do you have more than just one plant, sometimes plants need more than one in order to become pollinated. you might also find more info in the gardenweb forms, here is just one page from there but it might be a good idea to see what others have posted and do a search on their site. If you have any good flowers you can try to pollinate yourself and take one off to rub it in the others. Also if you have used insecticide, this also prohibits pollination by bees and other pollinators..etc. good luck..may your pumpkins be fruitful and multiply

Answer 2

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Those are most likely male blossoms. A female blossom has a fat swollen miniature pumpkin behind the blossom. The male has none and is on a long stem. Pumpkin flowers only open for one morning then they shrivel up and die. During that time pollen has to get from a male flowers stamen to the female flowers pistil usually by a bee. Try self pollination. Take a male blossom and tear its petals off leaving the pollen bearing stamens. Next take that and rub it on a female flowers pistil. The base should start to swell into a pumpkin. Keep in mind the seasons late now and it just may be stimulate to not produce any female flowers. Sorry start growing earlier next year.

Answer 3

Pumpkins Not Growing

Answer 4

Very often, high heat prevents successful pollination, usually when daytime temps get up into the 90s. When temps get hot and stay hot (heat wave), blossom drop is common. "Blossom drop" is when flowers wither and no fruit is growing, and it is because pollination didn't occur.

I've had a lot of problems over the years with tomato blossom drop during heat waves, but did get tomatoes after a cool spell set in.

Here's a link to some tips on pumpkin pollination:

http://www.pumpkinnook.com/howto/pollen.htm

Good luck, and remember to pay your respects to the "Great Pumpkin" next Halloween!!! :)

Answer 5

they will dry up before any form of pumpkin even starts to develop just let it go for a while pumpkins will appear

Answer 6

Someone told me to much water will cause this problem with all squash type plants, zukinni , pumpkins, etc.

Answer 7

Dont pumpkins grow underground??? If they do, LOL! =)

Answer 8

sounds like its from heat,the website gardenweb.com should help u with this probelm...good luck