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johnnyp

By Johnnyp

United Kingdom Gb

My Pumpkin heads keep dropping off, so I haven't got any fruit on them Why? What am I doing wrong?




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probably all male flowers, it is quite normal for them to drop off, the female flowers are the fruit bearing ones, you can tell the difference before the flower comes out as the females have a large bulge at the base of the flower, when it opens it needs to be pollinated by male pollen which you can do yourself with a brush

5 Aug, 2008

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