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02 Nov 14, Simon (Australia - temperate climate)

How many pumpkins does one vine optimally produce?

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29 Oct 14, Cheryl (Australia - temperate climate)

My mother has had diificlty getting her pumpkins to produce female flowers. She gets lots of leaves and male flowers, but no female. Any idea why, and what she can do to get pumpkins this year?

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08 Aug 14, Richard (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

A question can you grow pumpkin on the same soil again

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02 Aug 14, Laurie Thompson (Australia - temperate climate)

Have there been any memos on the Windsor Black Pumpkin lately . Laurie

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29 Jul 14, Garry (Australia - temperate climate)

Hey Pete, Reckon someones pulling your leg. Pumpkins produce male and female flowers on the same vine, but only the female flowers produce fruit.

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15 Nov 14, Hank (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Pete, I am aware of that but don't you have to manually pollinate them and if so, what is the best way?

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27 Jul 14, Pete (Australia - temperate climate)

I am told by a number of people around my area that I should only plant seed from a 'female' pumpkin. I understand each plant has both male and female flowers needed to produce fruit. Am I being fed a myth? All my efforts to find out the facts lead nowhere. Question-- can you sex a pumpkin?

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02 Aug 14, Roz (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Pete, Garry is totally correct. The same plant produce both male and femail flowers.

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16 Aug 14, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)

Female pumpkins have a large circle formation an the base (finger tip and thumb tip to make a circle size) and the males have a small circle( 20 cent coin size)

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06 Oct 14, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)

All fruit is sort of "female". Like all species only the female produces offspring. So you can't get a male or female fruit for that matter. Male flower, yes, but not male fruit. It's the female flower that develops into a fruit after pollination by a male. As Gary said, someone was pulling your leg.

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