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06 May 12, James (Australia - temperate climate)

So, I started a pumpkin plant late, the frosts are coming. If repetitive frosts do hit my pumpkin plant I'd like to know if it will still be okay (If fully developed of course) And how many frosts does it need to go through for photosynthesis to stop and leaves completely die off? It's still growing even in the cold.

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24 Aug 20, (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi there, I'm looking for any information in regard to the famous Ballarat pumpkin and for its seeds. The seeds of this heritage variety used to be on sale in Sovereign Hill

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29 Mar 12, Tim - Tocumwal (Australia - temperate climate)

my pumpkins are ready and the vines are showing signs of dying and i want to remove them. popular opinion says if i want to store my bountiful pumpkin harvest for future use they need a frost. QUESTION: must the pumpkins be still attached to the vine, or can they be harvested and suitably stored outside until the frosts come, then transfered to shed storage. Tim.

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30 Mar 12, Kelly (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

I used to live in Queensland and never got a frost ever but grow and stored pumpkins for many years. I would sun them before storing.

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01 Apr 12, Tim (Australia - temperate climate)

thanks kelly. i will harvest them today Tim.

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01 Apr 12, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Make sure that you leave a small piece of stem attached to the pumpkin when you harvest .

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28 Mar 12, kate (Australia - temperate climate)

mine plant does the same and it is in the ground. Sometimes the flowers haven't even opened before the baby pumpkin turns yellow and falls off. I would love to know an answer if anyone has one :)

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12 Mar 12, Erni W (Australia - temperate climate)

I have Queensland Blues, which are self sown from seeds we through out with the veggie peelings last year. They have a huge number of male flowers, but few female flowers. How can I increase the ratio of female flowers? (Prune, Feed, How??) Erni

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23 Feb 12, Tess (Australia - temperate climate)

My Pumpkin plant, grown from seedling, is growing madly for the past 2+months however it hasn't flowered. What am I missing?

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19 Feb 12, Sharon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Kev, I have tried milk with a few drops of natural liquid soap and that works quite well, if there only a few spots on each leaf. I have also read that neem oil is good, but haven't tried that yet. This year I had little time so I just cut off the worst affected leaves and treated the rest and that seems to have worked fairly well. But, I am no expert, just my experience so far. Good luck, Sharon

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