Well folks, it looks like we may get pumpkins after all! After weeks of waiting for a female flower to emerge I think we finally have one. When I got back from our little vacation I visited our little community garden and the pumpkin vines were staging a bit of a coup over the tomatoes, the vines were just huge and a bit rambunctious.
As I looked through the vines I was looking for the elusive female flower. I came across many, many male flowers but not one female flower until I checked the rambunctious vine growing through the tomatoes and there she was.
This bloom was low to the vine and has a bulbous growth just behind the bud. When the flower blooms we will see if we can’t get to some hand pollinating. We will keep an eye out for more female flowers and keep you updated on our progress.
