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09-20-2008, 09:00 PM
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I decided to try my hand at growing a couple of pumpkin plants this year. I enjoy gardening, it's good for the soul. One of my plants somehow got its main stem severed. I found the whole plant laying about ten feet down the bank from its original growing spot. An animal of some sort is my only explanation for what happened to the plant. I wouldn't say I have a green thumb, however, I can usually get plants to grow. *wink* The yield and overall health of my plants aren't always the best. That comes from inexperience. I plan to get a lot more experienced in the coming years. Hopefully this pumpking plant will produce some lovely bright orange Halloween pumpkins. It has some promising blooms on it so we shall see... The first image below is of the plant that got its main stem severed. The second is of my surviving plant. The second plant looks droopy because I took the photo while it was baking in the mid-say sun. | ||
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09-21-2008, 06:48 AM
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we have to eat. Down under eccentric politician's wife is famous for her pumpkin scone recipe. good gardening. nigel | ||
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09-21-2008, 07:04 AM
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if it has been too cold or stressed out, pumpkins can commonly produce only male flowers. cucurbita, as the species is called, always produces male flowers first, and then if conditions are right, the female flowers come next, which is start of your pumpkins. which is how you have seeds everytime. if you chop those flowers at the right time you'll make seedless squashes and fruits. but it looses a lot of size. they're supposed to be just about done right now actually, and I don't even see little tiny starts anywhere in your picture. I don't know where you live, I know if you live in the northern part you want to plant in may if possible, and in he much lower southern area's begin july eitherway, I'm pretty sure you're suppose to have some kind of pumpkin starting by now.  happy gardening | |||
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09-21-2008, 07:28 AM
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it is obviously a 'magic' pumpkin, only appearing to take Cinderella to the ball. When it appears, try this simple recipe. ingredients 1 table spoon of butter. 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup mashed pumpkin [cold] 2 cups self raising flour METHOD- beat together butter, sugar and salt with electric mixer. add egg, whizz, add pumpkin whizz then stir in flour. turn onto floured board and cut. place in tray on top shelf of very hot oven -225 -250 C for 15 - 20 minutes. any excuse to stop digging lol nigel | ||
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09-21-2008, 08:26 AM
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09-21-2008, 08:58 AM
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REALLY SORRY MATT!! sequence of events is i have come on, read pumpkin post, replied, gone to my journal, gone off line, got flo's recipe, and had read your post in my computers maibox. back to gc to post recipe and while writing realized i had not thanked you for your advice. when i finished posting i did this and have in my exhausted state pressed a wrong button or something while trying to thank you before another shift in the hole. I cannot apologize enough, please let me know if i can make amends in any way. yours sincerely nigel | ||
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09-21-2008, 09:16 AM
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 shit happens bro, no worries have a good one | |||
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09-21-2008, 09:53 AM
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glad to here your cool about my cyber ineptitude. will be more careful in future lol 2 am down under, access is dug, children are dancing, so will bid you sweet dreams. nigel | ||
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09-21-2008, 11:09 AM
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mattdreads, I usually don't plant my pumpkins until the end of July. These were planted a bit later than that. I don't expect to see fruit forming for another week or two. TooCool | ||
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