Pumpkin photos
OK, I know the anticipation of the photos of our pumpkin probably kept you up all night…so here you go. I’d hate to be responsible for any more insomnia.
The vine taking over the front walk. I’ve had to trim it back from the shrubs 3 or 4 times now.
One of four white pumpkins. The girls especially like these and have big plans for jack-o-lanterns.
Green. I don’t remember planting any green varieties…does anyone know if these will turn orange as they ripen?
I have no clue. Frankly I expected this to be a good lesson in seed planting, and really did not expect the seedlings to live. They lived alright, it grows about 8 inches a day, on days when it doesn’t rain. The husband is getting pretty grumpy as it approaches where he parks his scooter. Once bad rain and the scooter turns into a trellis.
This has brought up all sorts of useful discussions. We’ve had a lot of male and female discussions, especially since you get a t least a week of male flowers before the females are ready. I can see all this being useful when it comes time to talk “birds and bees” in a few years. Must remember to plant pumpkins.
And the great thing is the flowers are edible.
July 31st, 2007 at 4:08 am
Your pumpkins look great! Yes, the orange ones start out green. The past few years we’ve had pumpkins coming from our compost pile (from our Halloween pumpkin) and it’s fun to watch them grow.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:02 am
That is an excellent way to talk to the girls I think! The old birds and the bees talk, only pumpkins! And your pumpkin plants sure do look like they’re taking over!