My wife tossed a pumpkin out back last year just to see if anything would take.
My wife tossed a pumpkin out back last year just to see if anything would take.
by StarBlitzCptn
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StarBlitzCptn
The white substance on the leaves is DE
Lousable
I do some of my best gardening that way. My husband calls it roulette gardening. Those plants look beautiful.
TurnipSwap
Congrats on the pumpkin. A few things to take care of. I would place cardboard under your larger squash to keep them out of the mud and to prevent any scratches. If the skin remains intact, you can store these in a cool dry place for about a year. Any that you harvest and see scratches on that have not scared over, should be processed immediately.
Also make sure you water the _roots_ regularly. Avoid getting the leaves wet since these things are very susceptible to powdery mildew. Irregular watering can lead to calcium uptake issues and could result in fruit dying off. On that note, do not be alarmed if you see a few small ovaries being dropped. Female flowers will have an ovary at their base that looks like a small version of the fruit. If it is not fertilized or the plant is stressed it will be aborted. As we get later into the season (around 2nd-3rd week of Sep), I would start removing new female flowers to allow the fruit that is already growing to fully ripen.
k3c3t3
Looks like it took! Nice!
k3c3t3
Some of my best plants have been volunteers.
DidiSmot
I’m so sorry, OP’s wife… I don’t think it worked! 😂
Edit: sorry for joking?
CactusDonut
My poor pumpkin plant has pushed out one. The invasion of the squash bugs annihilated the others. I returned fire with neem oil, sevin and cuss words.
Inevitable_Silver_13
Those are the little white pumpkins. They’re cool, but they’re not gonna get too big, and they’re not edible. Give them away as fall gifts.
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The white substance on the leaves is DE
I do some of my best gardening that way. My husband calls it roulette gardening. Those plants look beautiful.
Congrats on the pumpkin. A few things to take care of. I would place cardboard under your larger squash to keep them out of the mud and to prevent any scratches. If the skin remains intact, you can store these in a cool dry place for about a year. Any that you harvest and see scratches on that have not scared over, should be processed immediately.
Also make sure you water the _roots_ regularly. Avoid getting the leaves wet since these things are very susceptible to powdery mildew. Irregular watering can lead to calcium uptake issues and could result in fruit dying off. On that note, do not be alarmed if you see a few small ovaries being dropped. Female flowers will have an ovary at their base that looks like a small version of the fruit. If it is not fertilized or the plant is stressed it will be aborted. As we get later into the season (around 2nd-3rd week of Sep), I would start removing new female flowers to allow the fruit that is already growing to fully ripen.
Looks like it took! Nice!
Some of my best plants have been volunteers.
I’m so sorry, OP’s wife… I don’t think it worked! 😂
Edit: sorry for joking?
My poor pumpkin plant has pushed out one. The invasion of the squash bugs annihilated the others. I returned fire with neem oil, sevin and cuss words.
Those are the little white pumpkins. They’re cool, but they’re not gonna get too big, and they’re not edible. Give them away as fall gifts.
Life, uh, finds a way.