Pumpkin Plants Suddenly Dieing
BeccaSmith
11 years ago
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Comments (7)Mine are doing the same it’s not to much sun, there producing beans and than turning white and dieing, I dunno if it’s over watering or what, I have them in a green house kinda situatio, they die I plant more they produce again than do the same thing, I guess I’ll figure it out, unless it’s my soil? We’ll see...See Morepumpkin female flowers just shrivel up and die , they don't even
Comments (10)Hi all!! I'm new to growing gourds, and while I know this is a pumpkin thread, I have been looking for an answer to why my luffa vine's female flower's start out appearing healthy and happy, but soon turn yellow and never full mature. I'm wondering if the same explanation might apply to this branch of the gourd family as well. I've had some healthy female flowers, 7 to be exact, on a vine that is easily 30 feet long (with all of its branch offs). I'm very mindful of the females because I'm told that one healthy vine can support up to 30 good sized loofah (luffa) gourds. I currently have 5 growing, and I believe a 6th was successfully pollinated by hand as were the previous 5. I contacted the site owner of luffa.info and he suggested I might have a fungus issue, or the water here in West Palm isn't all that great, but I can't find a definitive answer, and this is the only vine I have and I was hoping for a healthy crop of loofahs for gifts, but unless I figure out the reason for poorly maturing females...there's no way I'm gonna see even half that amount. Do you think it could simply be a matter of the vine needing to grow more in order to support more fruits? I only ask because while it's still branching, the rapid growth I saw over the last few months has slowed dramatically, and the vine may be close to, or has already reached it's maximum size. As best I can tell the vine is very healthy, and has been lightly fertilized, and I was hoping someone that's an experienced gourd grower, if not loofah, might be willing to help a newbie gardener. Any thoughts or possibly pointing me in the right direction if this is the wrong area in the forum to be inquiring about loofahs, would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks! 40Acres...See MorePumpkin Help Please before they die
Comments (5)Sorry I don't know more about the different varieties of pumpkins, but I looked up "round yellow squash" and "yellow pumpkins". Here are pics of the 2. What I'm noticing is that your stems are yellow, which are like the yellow pumpkin image, whereas the yellow round squash has a green stem. Where did you buy your seeds? What was it supposed to look like? If it is, indeed a pumpkin, ....getting back to your original question.............I don't know what's wrong! haha Have you been putting the one with the damage on those wood slats all along? If so, was the damage on the bottom? There are lots of rodents/animals that like to chew on garden things. Sometimes they chew a little, and it doesn't taste so good, so they quit. Do you have a fenced-in garden? what kind of animals do you have around there? Are all your pumpkins showing similar marks? Sorry for so many questions! First pic is of the yellow pumpkin. The 2nd is of the Tatuma squash....See MorePlants Suddenly Dying
Comments (3)it probably doenst matter here.. but i dont think anything needs fert every `10 days ... especially if water doenst flush old nutrients out the bottom of a pot ... they are plants.. not children ... they dont need to be fed constantly .... unless the way you water.. washes excess out of the soil or media .... and water when they need water .. taking into account rain ... not on some random schedule ... lets plans near dry before the next deep watering .... and you have to figure out how that works in your soil ... wherever you may be ... add big city location to every post ... when discussing outside plants ... could we have a pic of the whole planting .. instead of just individual plants?? ken...See MoreBeccaSmith
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