Lots of male pumpkin flowers, no females?
rxdawg
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Why are all my Pumpkin flowers Male?
Comments (10)I had to google all of my plants to see what the males and femals looked like, lol. I did have a question about the pumpkin flowers. I want to grow a few vines later to harvest the flowers, then cook them all up in a big batch. However I only have the space for a couple of vines, so it may take a couple weeks or more to get enough male flowers to cook up. What my question is, how well do they keep? Would it be ok to freeze the flowers fresh until I have enough, or would they just get all gross? I'd rather not bother unless they store well....See MoreWhy are all my Pumpkin flowers Male?
Comments (6)Agree with justaguy- my punkins usually send out lots of male flowers before the female flowers start. I dunno why this is, but maybe it's to get the polinating insects to find the plant before it invests the extra energy into making female flowers. Some squashes are the opposite, from what I've read in forums, but I haven't seen it....See MoreNot enough male flowers on pumpkin
Comments (5)I grabbed what I could of the remains of the male, and mushed it around inside the female, then I was away for 2 days without internet. I guess another week will tell if it got pollinated or not. It looks like it will be no big difference either way, as I have another female flowering now, and 2 or 3 more on the way. Males seem to be slightly outnumbering the females, maybe 1.5:1. Last year with the other brand, females were rare. I'm thinking that if nourishment only flows upstream in pumpkins, I probably don't want to try for one on the mainstem so near to the base root anyhow. Something further away from the main roots should do much better, especially since I'm burying my whole main vine. thanks, -JJ...See MoreNo blooming males to pollinate my female pumpkin flower
Comments (4)I don't know if it will work for you or not, but there were no usable male flowers open when my last female flower opened. I took one of the closed male flowers that were starting to "ripen" and getting ready to open and peeled the flower petals off of it. I rubbed it with my finger to be safe and some pollen came off even though it was not yet open. The best thing I can say to do if you're worried about it, is to just test it. Worse comes to worse you cut a male flower for nothing. Oh well, there will be more later. Or, if you don't want to do that, you can wait. Everyone else is right, there will be plenty of male and female flowers later. My watermelon plant did that. My female flowers opened first and started dying off. I know, it's odd and I couldn't figure out why. Anyways, the male flowers came a bit after that and I had lots of personal sized watermelon. Good luck to you and keep up hope!...See Morejudithj13
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