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29 Oct 12, CJB (Australia - temperate climate)

The female has a fruit at the base of it. Also them male has 1 part inside the flower, the female has multiple receivingbits

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25 Oct 12, Adam (Australia - temperate climate)

Im just about to plant some pumpkins for teh 1st time. Read of many these comments & are quite useful. I have a great sunny spot with some shade through the day, clay soil & its an paddock that had cattle. I think im just going to scrap in this season but Im more worried about Midlew as the area I want to plant may be to wet if it rains. (I dont think it will rain much this year). Also I am interested in Iron Bark Pumpkin seeds, I wont plant this season, but would be great to trial for the next season.

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13 Sep 12, tony (New Zealand - temperate climate)

surely it is not worth saving pumpkin seeds unless you have an heirloom variety? Most supermarket ones would be hybrids so they are unlikely to be true to the parent, and pumpkins are known to cross easily with cucumbers etc. Of course you would dry the seed if you are going to store them. Hardest thing with pumpkins is keeping the water up to them, they have so much foliage, they dry out easily.

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27 Aug 12, Lachlan (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Do seeds need to be dried before planting?

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14 Sep 18, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Seeds need drying if being kept for planting in the future.

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26 Aug 12, Lachlan (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

If l were to save the seeds from a pumpkin l bought from the supermarket will they be Hybrid variety? Do l have to dry the seeds out before planting them?

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07 Sep 12, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Pumpkins from a supermarket are likely to be hybrids . You do not need to dry the seeds before sowing but they will keep better until you want to use them, if you spread them out on some kitchen paper

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23 May 12, Louise (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi. My pumpkin vine is producing plenty of flowers - but all males! What can I do to encourage some female flowers? It's May, is this the wrong time of year? The vine just popped up out of the compost. Really appreciate any assistance. Thanks for your time.

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06 May 12, James (Australia - temperate climate)

So, I started a pumpkin plant late, the frosts are coming. If repetitive frosts do hit my pumpkin plant I'd like to know if it will still be okay (If fully developed of course) And how many frosts does it need to go through for photosynthesis to stop and leaves completely die off? It's still growing even in the cold.

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24 Aug 20, (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi there, I'm looking for any information in regard to the famous Ballarat pumpkin and for its seeds. The seeds of this heritage variety used to be on sale in Sovereign Hill

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