Flowering pumpkins (or deflowering them)

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Flowering pumpkins (or deflowering them)

21-04-2014, 11:12 AM

Tee hee ha ha. I sowed my pumpkins (Cheyenne Bush) far too early, and now have thriving plants and nowhere to put them:

You can see in the close-up that the plant is putting out flower buds. As I can't put the plants outside for at least another month I should think (I have no greenhouse, just windowsills and a veg patch) shall I just pinch out the flower buds for now? I have three pumpkins that are at a similar stage.

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Is there anything that isn't made better by half an hour pottering in the veg patch?
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21-04-2014, 02:24 PM

If it were me I would leave them a while,might slow down plant growth if it puts energy into making flowers.

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21-04-2014, 02:32 PM

Ah, I hadn't thought of that - thanks!

Is there anything that isn't made better by half an hour pottering in the veg patch?
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