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.

more here

 

[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.

 

[Sally PB]

is there any reason why pumpkins have male flowers only?

The last time I grew butternut squash, that happened. I got ZERO squash. I blamed it on the heat. This year, I have 9-10 squash from 2 vines. It's been a HOT summer! It must be that the time when the plant is starting the female flowers -- before they even show? -- was not so bleeping hot this year as compared to last year.

 

[WthrLady]

The cooler temperatures are triggering the indeterminate tomatoes. They're starting to yellow. I'll let them go as long as they'll let me.
Processing 60 pounds of them today.

 

[Sally PB]

I'm waiting for the water softener to finish, and then I'm going to can tomatoes. We could be doing morning walksie with the dog, but it's pouring rain. Yay for the rain; I'm not complaining at all.

I just don't like having a big project to do and having to wait on something to start it.

Half an hour, Sally, geez! You can wait that long.

 

[ShrekDawg]

What is this? Some sort of hibiscus?