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Tipp City, Ohio

I had one field pumpkin grow to seven pounds last year. I also had a siamese Carnival squash. Both are open pollinated. Anyone that has extra room and would like to see if these grow siamese as well can have some for a bubble.

I am looking for a 1069 Liggett or two to grow again this year. I will try to post pictures of them soon to my 2007 diary. Email is ThomJP@aol.com
Tom

3/1/2007 10:01:59 PM

Central Pennsylvania lauralie1978@yahoo.com

How interesting! Email me your addy and I'll gladly send you a bubble for them. I wonder if that genetic trait will be passed on to the next generation or if it is just a fluke..... Well, there's one way to find out! Wouldn't it be cool to consistantly grow siamese pumpkins LOL! I would think that it would be very scarce at first but after a few generations, maybe the gene can be isolated.

Were the female flowers deformed at all giving you a clue that the pumpkin would be different from the normal ones?

3/2/2007 1:06:36 AM

Jaffrey NH

I cant say for sure but I dont think that it will produce simese pumpkins. We have these and the gourd that you have shown in your diary a lot. Sometimes it is a gooseneck goard and sometimes it is a squash. I think that it is just a double female flower that was mutant into one flower. I have had these before with giant pumpkins but they never grow beyond softball size.

DK

3/2/2007 10:17:11 AM

Tipp City, Ohio

I have grown one to two acres of field pumpkins and misc squash and gourds for seven years. Only the past two years I have found a total of six siamese fruits that have matured. Chances are that they may not grow siamese but if they do they make a great conversation piece. Better that I give them away than sit on my dusty shelf for many years.

3/2/2007 8:56:07 PM