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"Wild" Pumpkin Vine Question
Oh my gosh I just realized this experiment may backfire on me. I could get
cross-pollination of birdhouse gourds x pumpkins! Oh well I planted to many gourd seeds anyway (10 plants-each plant should make 20 gourds). The birds probably wont care what their houses look like If will be fun to see what happens and I will past it along later if anyone is interested in the results. Elaine "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "enigma" wrote in message . .. "lwhaley" wrote in oups.com: What this all means is that your brother is probably right. Your vine will produce something but you don't know what. I will likely be green like your bro said and may not be good for anything other than an autumn display. In any case, you can keep the vine around as an experiment if you are curious. If you want or expect actual pumpkins then you would destroy it. ok, WHY would it likely be green? Equally good question: Why would it NOT be green? Pumpkins have been successfully cross-pollinated with other types of squash. Obviously, this is less likely to be done by bees than by people experimenting in a closed greenhouse, but you shouldn't suggest that it's impossible. |
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