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Sacramento, CA

I am impatiently waiting to polinate the first pumpkin and I have had 2 female flowers stop growing PRIOR to the flower opening. They look good for a few days, then shrivel an die. What the heck?

7/19/2006 11:27:38 AM

Utah

Here is your problem... it's to HOT for them. try shading and or misting them.

10-Day Forecast for Sacramento, CA
High Temperatures Low Temperatures Precipitation
Today Jul 19 Partly Cloudy 102°/67° 20%
Thu Jul 20 Partly Cloudy 103°/69° 0%
Fri Jul 21 Sunny 110°/73° 20%
Sat Jul 22 Mostly Sunny 108°/72° 20%
Sun Jul 23 Sunny 107°/69° 20%
Mon Jul 24 Sunny 105°/69° 20%
Tue Jul 25 Sunny 105°/67° 20%
Wed Jul 26 Sunny 102°/67° 0%
Thu Jul 27 Sunny 100°/63° 0%
Fri Jul 28 Sunny 94°/61° 0%

7/19/2006 12:32:49 PM

Sacramento, CA

thanks for the weather forecast... I had almost forgotten that I live on the surface of the sun. Sad thing is that the females that have died have been in full shade under the leaves of the plants.

I will see what I can do on getting more shade. I also augmented the dripsystem so that the ground near the next set of females is moist all the time. Maybe that will help.

7/19/2006 6:08:51 PM

Danville, CA (petman2@yahoo.com)

It is not necessarily direct sun on the small female fruit, but rather just being in the extreme heat can do it.

7/19/2006 11:48:27 PM

Castro Valley California

Shade the tip of your main. When a female appears, keep it in the shade. Your females are cooking before they open.

7/20/2006 4:32:30 PM