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17 years ago

I have planted pumpkins (3 plants) and all the fruit(?) is rotting as soon as it gets to a size smaller than a lemon. I noticed today that the flowers are falling off too. It sits right beside the spinkler system for our lawn, could it be getting too much water?

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jean001
17 years ago
Lack of pollination. But you can be the bee and transfer pollen to the female flowers (the ones with the "baby" pumpkin already present).
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