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21 Dec 11, Matt (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My pumpkin is growing really well, about an inch or more a day, but the leaves closest to the roots have started to turn yellow, die and drop off. This yellowing and dying is slowly moving along the plant toward the tip. The new growth is still looking really healthy. What can be causing this yellowing? Could it be a lack on N or Fe?

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07 Dec 11, owen moore (Australia - temperate climate)

answer to Q try cutting arunner of your pumkin plant and it will produce female flowers or the end of a runner

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03 Nov 11, robert cowley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Ihad lots of male flowers growing this year and few females,now Ihave the opposite,can pollen from the male flowers be harvested for use later?

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01 Oct 11, cheryl (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

has anyone herd of banana punkins before my inlaws grew these and they are a beautiful eating punkin but how well dpo they store ?

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23 Sep 11, Mark Logan (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I've heard that planting your pumpkin seeds into fairly poor soil and then fertilising once the fruit appears ensures you get more fruit and less leaves. Has anyone else heard of this?

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12 Aug 11, judy farrelly (Australia - tropical climate)

I notice that a lot of growers say that when a pumpkin sounds hollow, it is ready to pick; I have heard that you are supposed to leave them until the vi ne is dead; is this also true?

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10 Aug 11, judy farrelly (Australia - tropical climate)

to arthur stevens: you will probably find the bees have not pollinated your pumpkin flowers, thus the young fruit fall off; you could try hand pollinating them yourself; that's what I had to do this year (in CCairns)

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29 Jul 11, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)

Why have my butternut pumpkins developed rot after harvesting? They have been stored in a dark dry place.

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31 Jul 11, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)

If your pumpkins matured late in the season (o you platnted the seed late) they do not store well, you eat these first. The pumpkins that developed first are the ones that store. The other reason for rot is not leaving the pumpkins in the sun (dry outdoors area) after harvest for the skins to fully mature. Better luck with the next crop

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20 Jul 11, Sylvia Allan - Sgallan07 (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Karen, Yes I did get a couple of Windsor Black seeds, they were given to me especially from a generous person who gave me all they had, and I am to grow them and return a 100 seeds to them as well, I am waiting for the frosts to go, and will plant them Hopefully they are fresh seeds and I will be able to sell seed later this year. They will be available through eBay when I have harvested them. I hope to be able to make available over 100 varieties of pumpkin & squash seeds along with 6 varieties of Pie or Jam melon seeds.Kindest regards Sylvia.

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