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02 Aug 14, Roz (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Pete, Garry is totally correct. The same plant produce both male and femail flowers.

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16 Aug 14, Sally (Australia - temperate climate)

Female pumpkins have a large circle formation an the base (finger tip and thumb tip to make a circle size) and the males have a small circle( 20 cent coin size)

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06 Oct 14, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)

All fruit is sort of "female". Like all species only the female produces offspring. So you can't get a male or female fruit for that matter. Male flower, yes, but not male fruit. It's the female flower that develops into a fruit after pollination by a male. As Gary said, someone was pulling your leg.

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22 Jun 14, Lorraine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My pumpkin plants are not dead they are sending out new strong branches with flower buds. Will I leave them in for next summer? Will they fruit next summer?.

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02 Apr 14, jenni (Australia - temperate climate)

at our community garden we are inundated with slaters.....they ate down to soil level 5 of the 6 pumpkin seedlings, approx 6inches long, that we have just planted. we need help please

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10 Apr 14, Steven (Australia - temperate climate)

I think slaters typically only eat decaying garden matter. My vegetable seedlings, including pumpkins, were being consistently eaten in my greenhouse this year. It took me a while to figure out that it was actually rats and mice. They were eating the seedlings, snail bait, and eventually Ratsak. Now they can't eat.

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06 Mar 14, Kyria (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have planted "mini golden nuggets". I have noticed that on every inch of plant mainly under the leaves there are eggs EVERYWHERE!! All over the entire crop. Judging from pics they don't look like squash bugs I have no idea what they are or how to treat them... Any ideas? I live in Melbourne

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06 Mar 14, Mary Ann tatarskyj (Australia - temperate climate)

I planted one seed this year (variety unknown) but the vine is rampant. I have 4 pumpkins which seem to be going very well, but there are a lot of leaves and quite a number of flowers underneath these leaves. Should I remove some of the leaves to expose flowers to sun and bees? I'm a novice vege gardner. Thanks.

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21 Feb 14, gavin (Australia - temperate climate)

pumpkin vines gets fruit to approx 2 inches then rots & leaves turn yellow brown... have you a answer for this problem

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24 Mar 14, ally (Australia - temperate climate)

Sounds like the fruits aren't pollinating properly. when you get both a female and male flower open at the same time, early morning is usually best. Pick the male flower and peel back the petals to reveal the stamen with the pollen on it. find the open female flower (with the baby pumpkin at the base of the flower) and gently rub the male stamen against the female stigma inside the flower. It's like artificial insemination. The fruit should set and grow after the female flower closes and falls off the pumpkin fruit after a few days.

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