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London, Ontario

Greetings from a pumpkin newbie,

I am on the fifth floor of an appartment facing due west. I have got my baby in a 100L pot and have tons of males but only two females. My primary vine is 15 feet long and I have some good secondaries...but the two females don't want to open. They both look healthy but are not looking like they are going to open for another week or so. I am getting concerned about how late it is getting in the year to pollinate. Should I do anything other than cut back on the nitrogen and keep on watering? The weather this year has been less than what I would have liked to have seen but I think with a little luck my baby will still giver'. Anyone have any tips to get my females to come out and play???

Cheers

7/23/2004 10:26:28 AM

Vancouver, White Rock, Canada

If you want females, you might try huge amounts of alcohol and something a little less dorky on your balcony than a pumnpkin. As for the flowers on your plant, sometimes soil deficiencies can cause that, try to feed the thing a little rose fert, or something higher in phosphorous, then switch to something higher in potassium once you have a pumpkin or three growing.

7/24/2004 7:39:51 PM

Ontario

I have found that large amounts of salt and/or urine have done wonder for getting thise ladies to open!

7/28/2004 12:06:02 PM

London, Ontario

Careful sibly...or it's the ring around your stump with the bread knife this time around:)

P.S. how are your tomatoe plants doing? Hee hee hee

7/29/2004 8:48:23 AM