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Gardengirl1204 Richmond, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 06, 2005

I am growing pumpkins for the first time this year and have beautiful vines and tons of flowers but not one pumpkin. Since we haven't had rain in a month, I keep my entire veggie garden watered. It gets great sun from about 1pm to 7pm. I have gourds growing in other location in my yard and they have fruit. Also, everything else in my garden is doing fine. My cucs and tomatoes are loaded so I know there are bees around spreading the wealth. I read in one of the threads that compost /maure is good and I put chicken poop down in the spreing. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
GG

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Yuska San Antonio, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 06, 2005

Do your plants have both female and male flowers? The males have long thin stems and usually outnumber the females by a sizeable ratio. The female blossoms are on a shorter stem with a small bulb at the base of the flower, much the same way as your gourd plants did. The male flowers usually come first; if the female blossoms don't appear soon you can experiment with a technique I use for zucchini. One one plant, try cutting off the end of a vine! I know, it seems radical, but it appears to remind the plant that its main purpose is to reproduce itself. Female flowers appear within a week on zucchini. Here is a good reference on growing pumpkins: http://pumpkinnook.com Good luck!

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Gardengirl1204 Richmond, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 06, 2005

Thanks Yuska! I'm going to have a talk with them tonight and if they don't start producing some females, I'll chop off their ends! :) Thanks for the great website!

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