Hello All

I planted a seed from my halloween pumpkin last year and it grew! it flourished into a big plant, it would flower for one day and then the flower would die? im not sure why this is happening or what the function of this flower has? is it waiting to be pollenated?

Secondly i moved the plant outside about 3 weeks ago, the leaves are turning yellow and the plant looks rather unhealthy - i havnt done anything different other than puting it outside? any ideas, there is a pic below.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010112.jpg

Oh and is the the start of a small pumpkin?

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010113.jpg


I really want to try and save this plant and get it back to a healthy stage after all, it was this little seed that inspired me to start growing my own veg this year.

Im also growing the below bits - i am actually quiet excited about ithttp://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/images/icons/icon7.gif

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010111.jpg

Peas!

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010107.jpg

Carrots!

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010108.jpg

Peppers!

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010110.jpg

Pototoes!

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...0052010106.jpg

Cauli & Cabbage

Im also growing salad leaves, strawberrys and more i cant wait for it all to grow fully. I have a small garden so have had to take to growing in pots anyone have any tips to save space?

Veggieveg wrote:
Hello All

I planted a seed from my halloween pumpkin last year and it grew! it
flourished into a big plant, it would flower for one day and then the
flower would die? im not sure why this is happening or what the
function of this flower has? is it waiting to be pollenated?

You need male and female flowers and a pollinator (generally bees) to get
pumpkins. Pumpkins are self-fertile but the male and female flowers have to
be open for the bees to visit the same day.


Secondly i moved the plant outside about 3 weeks ago, the leaves are
turning yellow and the plant looks rather unhealthy - i havnt done
anything different other than puting it outside? any ideas, there is a
pic below.

[image:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...052010112.jpg]

Is this the same plant from last year and it has been indoors all winter?
Pumpkins are grown as annuals in full sun so little wonder it is sick now.



Oh and is the the start of a small pumpkin?

[image:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...052010113.jpg]



Yes.

I really want to try and save this plant


Don't bother start again. No, on second thoughts just don't bother.

...snip...



Im also growing salad leaves, strawberrys and more i cant wait for it
all to grow fully. I have a small garden so have had to take to
growing in pots anyone have any tips to save space?

Grow peas, beans, smaller cucurbits etc upwards on trellises to save ground
space.
Use terraces or frames to stack your tubs and pots higher in the sun
Be ruthless pulling things out and replacing them once they are past their
best.
Improve your soil to allow you to increase planting density.

Oh and don't grow pumpkins, they are just about the most resource hungry
annual you can get. You could have all the veges you can eat in the space
of one pumpkin vine.

David

Thanks for this David, really useful.
Yes it is the same plant, and yes it was inside all winter, this is my first time growing veg. The plants are quiet demanding.

Veggieveg said:



Hello All

I planted a seed from my halloween pumpkin last year and it grew! it
flourished into a big plant, it would flower for one day and then the
flower would die? im not sure why this is happening or what the function
of this flower has? is it waiting to be pollenated?

Usually the pumpkin plant will produce male (pollen bearing) flowers first.
These open for one day, then die and fall off.

Secondly i moved the plant outside about 3 weeks ago, the leaves are
turning yellow and the plant looks rather unhealthy - i havnt done
anything different other than puting it outside? any ideas, there is a
pic below.

Did you move it in one go from indoors to outdoors? Plants can be
sun- and wind-burned if exposed too quickly to the elements.


Oh and is the the start of a small pumpkin?

[image:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...ggies/10052010
113.jpg]


That's a female flower. These will always have the small potential
pumpkin behind them. If this blossom was pollinated when it was
open, and if the plant is sufficiently vigorous to support a fruit, it will
continue to develop. If if wasn't pollinated, or the plant is too weak,
it will yellow and die.

I really want to try and save this plant and get it back to a healthy
stage after all, it was this little seed that inspired me to start
growing my own veg this year.

A gardener has to be willing to gamble and accept a certain amount
of failure. Then try again! (There's a lot that can happen that's out
of your control -- mainly, but not exclusively, the weather!)


Im also growing the below bits - i am actually quiet excited about

snip links

Hmm...the potatoes look rather cramped.

With container gardening, you need to be prepared to do a lot of watering.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important
nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles

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