What did you do in the garden today?

[Nym]

I just finished mowing the lawn, helped along by a speedy 57kph Westerly

 

[Nym]

picked bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants and bush beans.

only 2 hull-less pumpkins. the other 2 varieties I planted had only male flowers for about 2 months. no time to ripen the fruit so I picked vines and gave them to ducks.

is there any reason why pumpkins have male flowers only?

Why doesn't my pumpkin plant have any female flowers?​

To begin with, when the weather is unusually hot and humid at the beginning of a season, some plants respond by delaying the production of female flowers. This can have an especially significant impact on pumpkins, as late sets may not have enough time to develop before colder temperatures and shorter days set in. As such, if pumpkin plants are unable to produce their female blossoms during that crucial early period due to high heat and humidity levels, they will struggle to achieve successful growth later on. For this reason, it is important for growers who are cultivating pumpkins (or other plants which require female flowers) to be mindful of environmental conditions in order to ensure a successful harvest come autumn.

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[Minanora]

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More wicking beds and some cheap fancy metal beds from Amazon. Since they wont be wicking beds, I filled them with cardboard, shredded paper, bunch of logs, mulch and more mulch. I picked up 3- 3.6 cubic ' of Pro potting soil and a couple of bags of compost. Time to switch gears and get the wicking beds sarted so I can pick up some 50/50 mix from a nursery and top the mulch and mix in potting soil. Think i will be ready for fall planting.

What exactly did you do to that ibc tote? Did you cut it in half? What happened to the bottom skid? And why do the beds you made with it look perfect....? I have 2 ibc totes I could transform!! Details please.

 

[chickengr]

Why doesn't my pumpkin plant have any female flowers?​

To begin with, when the weather is unusually hot and humid at the beginning of a season, some plants respond by delaying the production of female flowers. This can have an especially significant impact on pumpkins, as late sets may not have enough time to develop before colder temperatures and shorter days set in. As such, if pumpkin plants are unable to produce their female blossoms during that crucial early period due to high heat and humidity levels, they will struggle to achieve successful growth later on. For this reason, it is important for growers who are cultivating pumpkins (or other plants which require female flowers) to be mindful of environmental conditions in order to ensure a successful harvest come autumn.

more here

thank you. no humidity here but plenty of hell heat. so I must start pumpkins indoors.

 

[Rick589]

I just dug my old fruit press out of the shop. I remember thinking it was cool sitting in my grandpa's cellar when I was a kid, and 50 years later it was mine. Used it once, need to clean it up and use it again.

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That is so cool. Definitely something to cherish.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

only 2 hull-less pumpkins. the other 2 varieties I planted had only male flowers for about 2 months. no time to ripen the fruit so I picked vines and gave them to ducks.

is there any reason why pumpkins have male flowers only?

My squash is in the same boat. In my case it has the added complication that the seed was old.