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05 Feb 12, stella (Australia - temperate climate)

my pumpkin vine is growing in a polystyrene box and it looks healthy with lotsof maleand a few female flowers but after eachfemaleflower blooms even after trying hand pollination the flower bottom becomes yellow and eventually drops .is there any way i couldprevent this and sucsessfully grow pumkins??..and also that the same veggie box has three more pumpkin plantsgrowing..isthat the causeof it??

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02 Feb 12, paul (Australia - temperate climate)

just wondering i bent my stem to my pumpkin and cracked it is there any remedies first time grower thanks

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08 Feb 12, Catherine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I Paul, I trod on one of my vines a few weeks ago. I was going to cut it off, but then forgot. I noticed it the other day, and the vine has just kept growing. he place where I trod on it is still visible as a few splits in the otherwise thick vine, but it has hardened up and there are flowers and leaves growing on the rest of the vine anyway. So you can probably just leave it and it will work out. If it is the actualy stem to a pumpkin fruit, not just one of the vines, I'm not sure, but it might do the same thing.

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30 Jan 12, kevin rainbow (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can anyone tell me a natural way to tread white mildue on the leaves of my pumpkin vines

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23 Feb 12, Carole (Australia - temperate climate)

1 part milk to 10 parts water sprayed on the effected leaves every couple of days might help.

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29 Jan 12, Trish (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I am growing a jap pumpkin . I have four good size pumpkins on but now all the female flowers are not opening they turn yellow and drop off. We have had alot of rain for the past 2 weeks The vine is growing well and I have plenty of male flowers have grown pumpkins for years have not had this problem before cna some one help

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04 Feb 12, pramsec (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Trish, If all four of your pumpkins are on the same vine then you may be overloading the root system of the plant. I have found that two fruit on each vine gives good results. You could try adding more fertiliser in a circle around but away from the stem of the vine. Hope this helps,

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29 Dec 11, tony (Australia - temperate climate)

how do you hand pollinate pumpkin

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15 Jan 12, Matt (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You need to take the pollen from the male flower and rub it onto the carpel (?) of the female flower. You can do this by either using a cotton bud to transfer the pollen, or simply just pluck a male flower from the vine, pull off the petals and then gently stick the flower stalk (with pollen on the end) into the female flower. Personally, I use cotton buds for my pumpkin and courgettes, but sometimes I will also use a plucked flower or just my finger.

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21 Dec 11, Matt (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My pumpkin is growing really well, about an inch or more a day, but the leaves closest to the roots have started to turn yellow, die and drop off. This yellowing and dying is slowly moving along the plant toward the tip. The new growth is still looking really healthy. What can be causing this yellowing? Could it be a lack on N or Fe?

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