Pumpkin progress

Finally one of my pumpkins seems to be viable. I’ve had a lot of failures this year but this looks like a go-er!  Not the best shape but I’ll take it.  Lots of watering and lots of feeding.  

 

Trials and tribulations

 Well the second pollinated female pumpkin also failed.  It is late in the season but in the last week I have any number of females now waiting pollination.  This first photo is a male, but impressive what an iPhone camera can do nowadays.

So this morning this is just a selection of females on the plant.  Temperatures over the past week have been tropical here in Hampshire so I wonder if the heat has helped.   I will pollinate all these and wait to see which ones are successful. Letting them grow a bit before choosing which one to keep and which ones to cut.  I want the plant to put all its energy into one pumpkin.  Well, what’s the point of getting some specific giant seeds if you don’t at least give it a good go. 

Loads of watering, and loads of feeding. Also dilute Epsom salts to provide magnesium. . Watch this space.