I planted an whole garden with pumpkin seeds to hopefully got a lot of pumpkins to use for Halloween. I planted them at the end of June. The vines are huge and have a lot of flowers but I think only about 3 pumpkins have grown. I know it's too late for this year but what should I have done differently? Was there not enough bees around to pollenate them?
2006-09-22 02:00:02 · 7 answers · asked by trinity2379 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes the climate is Canada - southern Ontario
2006-09-22 04:19:10 · update #1
This works. Really. look inside the flowers for a small dink.(male) Then look in any others for a small round love nest. (female) This must be done in the morning before they close up. Remove the flower petals from Mr. Lucky and gently and lovingly insert into his special someone and swish around so the dink goes all over the love nest. That's all. cigarette is optional. Bees usually do this, but if it was a slow bee year you have to force love to bloom. This works for watermelons and squash and cukes too.
2006-09-23 03:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by nicksriders 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what ur climate is? Canada? If so than u planted too late. I grew only 2 pumpkin plants this year and started them indoors around March and transplanted May 24 wknd. I now have a beautiful pumpkin on one now just turning orange. (The other plant suffered dearly via the tractor but is still hanging in there) A little dose of Miracle Gro helps too, not until they've established well in the ground though, it'll burn tender young seedlings. I've heard you can pollinate them yourself if you can ID the male flowers, pluck them off, and touch them to the female, haven't tried that though! Good luck next year! (P.S. Dont forget to mulch under your existing pumpkins, stops bottom rot)
2006-09-22 09:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you didn't plant them soon enough. Or, it might take a while for the vines to grow more pumpkins since it is a new plant.
2006-09-22 09:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by suz' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would plant them sooner next year. If you are going to start from seeds, get them going inside you home individually around march or april. After they have established themselves, sprouted, and the fear of frost is gone transplant them into your garden.
2006-09-22 10:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by Krispy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally you will get heaps of flowers but will only turn into pumpkins depending on soil nuitrients its best to remove half of the flowers which will give you bigger and better pumpkins because they are not competing with each other for food
2006-09-22 09:16:35 · answer #5 · answered by supatashalina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have got them in sooner. A lot depends on the weather too. pollination is a problem too. There are not that many bee producers around any more either.
2006-09-22 09:04:29 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming? :)
Hey, they blame pretty much everything else on it.
2006-09-22 09:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋