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Hamilton Nj

well last night i thought my female flower looked weird and it was getting ready to rain , so i had a brain fart and went out side and covered it with a 16 ounce cup . woke up this morning at 800am, and the flower was open had brought 2 flowers in side last night (good advice wayne) !!! polinated it hope it takes!! started raining tied it shut and put cup back over it!!!! pumpkinsex what a blast!!!!! lol thanks everybody pizza!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps. it had 5-1/2 lobes ??????????????

7/1/2009 8:33:54 AM

Buffalo, New York

as a 2nd year grower here, i have never had a successful hand pollination take last year and only ended with an open fruit at weighoff.

yesterday i pollinated 3 fruit, kind of wondering if they took.......but may take a week to see.

7/1/2009 12:38:52 PM

Hamilton Nj

what is a open fruit????? pizza

7/1/2009 1:19:19 PM

Mount Prospect,illinois

He let the bees take care of the pollination so it is not a controlled pollination (no way to prove where the pollen came from, which plant etc.)

7/1/2009 2:05:00 PM

Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Jeremy, how many males are you using to pollinate? I have found that 3 to 4 males per female gives a pretty good average of success.

7/1/2009 2:45:33 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Sneaky bees, I so curse sneaky bees! 3 males per female is a good ratio, you can get enough pollen on her then. Congrats on your first round of punkinporn!

7/1/2009 4:52:59 PM

Buffalo, New York

i used 2 males per female.

how many days should it take to start noticing some growth?

7/2/2009 12:47:44 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Also, a wise grower advised me to use a very small, very fine bristled paint brush (like those used for pin-striping on cars) to brush around the pollen inside and all over...works great!!

7/2/2009 12:16:01 PM

Hamilton Nj

well i think mine took i used 2 flowers and my pumpkin has doubled in size today!!!! hope thats a good indicator????? good enough for me have another one at 12 feet to do this week oh yeah!!!!!!!! pizza

7/2/2009 2:11:16 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Thanks, Pete!!! You prbly now know what the lil lady looks like the nite before!!! and bringin da boys in the house is a sure fire way to wake em up and get em ready!!! Peace, Wayne
PS...Hope you grow a Slunger!!!
PPS...have 6 male flowers from 1161 Rodonis to use in the a.m.!!!

7/2/2009 10:40:33 PM