punkins
 

Is it possible to plant those orange pumpkins that they use at Halloween
in such a way that they are still in one piece at Halloween in
sydney?Apparently you plant them late spring which means now or last
week. so how long do they take to ripen if you do and will they keep
till end of october?

punkins
 

"F Murtz" wrote in message
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Is it possible to plant those orange pumpkins that they use at Halloween
in such a way that they are still in one piece at Halloween in
sydney?Apparently you plant them late spring which means now or last week.
so how long do they take to ripen if you do and will they keep till end of
october?

The butternut pumpkin I have in Perth has been going for 2 months the first
pumpkin will be ready in a month. I figure the vine will collapse a month
after that. But from experience you let the pumpkin dry out for a month or 2
before eating. What happens after 2 months would be the pumpkin would shrink
so trying to keep this for halloween might not work. The vagaries of trying
to follow a northern hemisphere pagan ceremony here! So if I were you I
would plant the pumpkin in Febuary/March and hope the first frost you get is
after harvest time!

So why is it that there is never a male flower and female flower at the same
time on my pumpkin. Thank God for bees hehe.

punkins
 

Loosecanon wrote:
"F wrote in message
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Is it possible to plant those orange pumpkins that they use at Halloween
in such a way that they are still in one piece at Halloween in
sydney?Apparently you plant them late spring which means now or last week.
so how long do they take to ripen if you do and will they keep till end of
october?

The butternut pumpkin I have in Perth has been going for 2 months the first
pumpkin will be ready in a month. I figure the vine will collapse a month
after that. But from experience you let the pumpkin dry out for a month or 2
before eating. What happens after 2 months would be the pumpkin would shrink
so trying to keep this for halloween might not work. The vagaries of trying
to follow a northern hemisphere pagan ceremony here! So if I were you I
would plant the pumpkin in Febuary/March and hope the first frost you get is
after harvest time!

So why is it that there is never a male flower and female flower at the same
time on my pumpkin. Thank God for bees hehe.




I just got 6 "jack o' lantern" pumpkin seeds but judging on my success
with trying to germinate some jam melon seeds I probably wont get anywhere.

punkins
 

F Murtz wrote:

I just got 6 "jack o' lantern" pumpkin seeds but judging on my success
with trying to germinate some jam melon seeds I probably wont get anywhere.

W ca get tonnes of pumpkins to germinate* and run everyvery rigging
where, but abut 0.00001% ever grow any fruit. No luck with bee
germination ad we never have the different flower at the same time.

*provided we do not plant them, but just let them come up.

..

punkins
 

"terryc" wrote in message
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F Murtz wrote:

I just got 6 "jack o' lantern" pumpkin seeds but judging on my success
with trying to germinate some jam melon seeds I probably wont get
anywhere.

W ca get tonnes of pumpkins to germinate* and run everyvery rigging where,
but abut 0.00001% ever grow any fruit. No luck with bee germination ad we
never have the different flower at the same time.

*provided we do not plant them, but just let them come up.

.

Chatted with my uncle today. He said planting his pumpkins now. I asked why
and he said experience has shown more flowers with a later planting and more
likelihood of male and female flowers at the same time.

The burpless cucumbers I planeted last year only put on female flowers. I
can't recall seeing a male flower so figured bees must have pollinated the 3
cucumbers I got. Just planted some apple cucumbers myself so will see it the
flower theory works. I seem to remember having only male flowers and later
on female flowers so is all a mystery.