Seeds I have sown today

I've got a few pumpkins on my plants as well, but no male flowers to pollenate them

 

Pineapple seed, where did you get it from?

 

a pineapple?!!



[ 22. June 2006, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: michaelmasdaisy ]

 

Oh right, why didn't you use the top?

 

I have 3 epiphyllim seeds up this week. That's really good as I wanted to see if they'd grow before I bought some more.

I'll see that they grow into plants without me killing them before I grow more.

 

Just wanted to see if I could get something from the seed. I planted 20 of them - so far I seem to have one 'seedling' although I'm a bit suspicious that it might actually be an errant grass seed!!!!

 

While on the pineapple topic, does anyone have trouble cutting and peeling them, if so get a pineapple cutter from Lakeland Plastics, it is an amazing gadget, must be based on an industrial design, cuts the rings out and cores it in one go leaving the outer skin and has three sizes of cutters

 

Oooh Lakeland!!!! one of my favourite shops!!!!

 

I bought those cutters for my daughters, they're excellent. I'm still using a knife!

 

Mothers day next march Liz?? :D

 

Pumpkins not under quite the correct heading now but will continue as original posting in this thread.

With all this hot weather and despite frequent watering my gooseberry sized pumpkin has shrivelled away.

There are signs of more to come but very disappointing at the moment.

Anybody got any decent sized pumpkins yet?



[ 05. July 2006, 08:45 PM: Message edited by: jjordie ]

 

I am growing some for our local allotments competition and they are getting a nice size with constant watering.Now they have had even more liquid refreshment they shpould be getting even bigger,though I have been told for the heavy weight competition they should weigh over 1,000 pounds or was that KG's

Hopefully jjordie yours will send out more flowers,to grow on.I haven't needed to pollinate mine,I think the bees have done it for me.

Kandy

 

Got lots of growth and female flowers jjordie, but pollenation is not happening at the moment, no male flowers to speak of.
Hope its not an all female variety. :D :D :D

 

My variety is called "Hundredweight"I didn't know you can get an all female variety in pumpkins?
Thankfully then,I must have picked the right sort

Kandy

 

Sorry Kandy, just joking,..........That is I dont think you can.
Its just that jjordie supplied my seed.