Down on the Allotment

Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies

Thursday, July 04, 2024

Pumpkin pollination update

So a couple of days ago the female flower opened one morning.  I only had a few hours to hand pollinate with pollen from a male flower. 


Then later that afternoon after pollination the flower naturally closed and started to die back.
So about a week later the little pumpkin went from pea sized, to marble, then a conker… and today it is a tennis ball!  Appropriate for Wimbledon week. 

 

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