Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sex Starved Pumpkins

Although the pumpkin plants in my garden are huge they keep producing little baby pumpkins that just fall when about the size of a tennis ball.

A friend of mine has suggested it is casued by the fact that they have not germinated. The cure?

Get a flower (that has no bulge under it)
Wipe the stamen over the flowers on top of the little pumpkins

I have now tried this - wait and see I guess!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Pumpkins & Tomatoes

My Pumpkin plants have taken over!


My mint is being eaten to bits

I have 2 tomatoes yes they look a bit sad don't they. However these will be the first tomatoes I've actually got to grow. The plants though have all got this rot - I think it is fungal. The pumpkin has something similar. It looks like it has had some dirty light brown stains.