My pumpkin plants are full of flowers, how do I get them to produce pumpkins?

You can hand-pollinate the female flowers on your plants. Simply remove a male flower and touch its anther to the stigmas of the female flowers present. Gently rub the pollen onto the inside stigma of the female flower. Make sure to come in contact with all segments of the stigma. You can leave the stamen inside the female flower, but it's not necessary.


Here's illustrations %26amp; instructions:


http://www.pumpkinnook.com/howto/pollen....





Keep them elevated off the ground. Make sure you don't water before 10 a.m. so your plants will have a chance to get pollinated, %26amp; don't water overhead because that could wash off the pollen on the short-lived male flowers. Replacement flowers do not open then until the following morning.





Until recently, hot weather %26amp; the rain may have delayed production. But that shouldn't be a problem now. With cooler weather there will be plenty of female flowers now... just waiting to be fertilized.


Good luck! Hope this is helpful.

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