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Doylestown, PA

I've been reading through posts and it looks like a dull yellow is a sure sign of abortion after the fruit has been pollinated... Does this also apply to the female before pollination? I have a female which looks like it could be my first bloom but the color looks like a dull yellow, I just wanted to know if the shine comes only after pollination??

7/3/2006 9:49:44 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

usually says shiny..maybe a little dirt splatter..blossom will start to shrivel and show no growth if it's already given up the ghost.

7/3/2006 10:30:01 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

With all the rain of late, lot's of growers are losing females before they can open. It is unfortunate & just one of the many challenges we all face.

7/3/2006 11:29:49 AM

Doylestown, PA

Thanks for the help. Hopefully with some dryer weather I can get some fruit! I staggered my planting and have a couple plants that haven't produced any females yet, hopefully I'll get lucky...

7/3/2006 1:17:59 PM

Sacramento, CA

Does anyone "treat" the skin of the new pumpkins with anything?

7/3/2006 2:43:01 PM