I have 4 plants/vines that seem to be producing only male flowers. Your video really helped identify the difference between the two so it is easy to distinguish. Guess I will just have to wait for the right one. Thanks
Yes, I had lots of pumpkins. Whether they were due to me pollinating the plants, or due to bees also doing the same job, I do not know. With bees becoming more scarce it's good to do what we can to ensure that the pumpkins get pollinated.
Bees are awesome if you have them. Some farms have hives, or bring bees in. I get some bees, but just do the hand-pollination to supplement this and hope for better yields.
@I3addogy Good question... I'm not sure. If you already have pumpkins on the vine then of course anything before the growing tip would be spared. But my guess is that it is probably best to just try to "train" (move) your vines sideways to get them to grow the direction you want them. Just be careful not to break the vines while moving them.
After a number of failures I think my patch is further & has a lot more blooms then ever before. I've never been able to produce a pumpkin so I did research. I'm confident pollination is my issue so I decided to research the process and came across your video regarding hand pollination. Other resources say to use multiple male flowers on a single female flower. You mentioned (pollinating with that one male on every visible & ready female). Have you produced a pumpkin with that technique?
From the information in this thread, you should pollinate the females as soon as you see them opening. It sounds like the females have a short live (maybe only open a few hours in the morning to maybe only opening up one day). The females can be pollinated as soon as they open. Yes, you can pollinate them multiple times just to be sure. If you want big pumpkins, you will need to make the conditions as healthy as possible and probably use a variety of "super" nutrients.
Do you have to polliante the pumpkins everyday or when? how do you tell if they there ready to be pollinated? And do you have any advice of how to grow big pumpkins??
@Zionistmom Yes, making this video DID feel like I was talking about plants having sex! The weirder part was that I was jumping in to help with the sex act, by doing the pollination by putting the male anther into/onto the female stigma. Actually, it is wild how similarly plants/animals are set up (male seed to female ovary, to make the offspring... how similar we are to these pumpkins!). Ahhh, the wonder of life. Enjoy!
According to wikipedia, female flowers are short-lived; I quote the article: "These bright and colorful flowers have extremely short life spans and may only open for as short a time as one day"... You may have to be very attentive to when they appear.
People if you do not have male flowers, it's likely that your plant is not mature enough yet, especially if there aren't bulbs under your female flowers.
That's exactly what I was wondering! I have a ton of male flowers, but can't find any female. I do have one single pumpkin that is about as big as a basketball, so that's cool, but I was hoping for more.
Reminds me of that Pink Floyd song........with the flowers? Anyway I have many many male flowers and only 3 female? So I wonder if they are still growing? I see your month here is sept. And right now I'm in mid aug. so I may be just inpatient? Love your Video! Very informative!
Really nice video!!It was just what I needed but I have a question for you: I have an one year old pumpkin plant and I have never seen a female flower only male ones!!Is there anything to do to have one female at least or I just have to wait....(sorry about my english)
@destroyahdes THANKS! I was sort of stumbling through narrating the video while I videotaped, since I had not read up on flower parts (female stigma, male anther, etc.) in a good few decades! Thanks for the refresher and sharing these terms!
can i ask sth?with one male you can pollinate more than 1 female and how do we know it has enough to pollinate 3-4?like...how can i see when male's "stuff" is over?heheeh thanks
great video! thanks. this will help me out a bunch. however i just had to say this. this video seems almost erotic lol ill just take this male plant part and shove it into this female plant part. i find it kinda funny
He seems confused about male on female reproduction. Don't know why.. but excellent video on hand pollination of the normal way species propagate, thank you.
Curious to know why you and other Utubers showing hand pollination Cut off the male flower ? why not leave the flower and collect the pollen leaving the male flower for use the next day.
I have 4 plants/vines that seem to be producing only male flowers. Your video really helped identify the difference between the two so it is easy to distinguish. Guess I will just have to wait for the right one.
Thanks
Best video on this; thank you for being so thorough.
The ball you are referring to is the young pumpkin forming.
Yes, I had lots of pumpkins. Whether they were due to me pollinating the plants, or due to bees also doing the same job, I do not know. With bees becoming more scarce it's good to do what we can to ensure that the pumpkins get pollinated.
Bees are awesome if you have them. Some farms have hives, or bring bees in. I get some bees, but just do the hand-pollination to supplement this and hope for better yields.
Dude awesome vid. Im going to go try this out and see if i get more pumpkins.
@I3addogy Good question... I'm not sure. If you already have pumpkins on the vine then of course anything before the growing tip would be spared. But my guess is that it is probably best to just try to "train" (move) your vines sideways to get them to grow the direction you want them. Just be careful not to break the vines while moving them.
@GreenDorkMonster Cool tip. Thanks! I hadn't noticed that. Happy gardening!
This is my first time watching plant porn
After a number of failures I think my patch is further & has a lot more blooms then ever before. I've never been able to produce a pumpkin so I did research. I'm confident pollination is my issue so I decided to research the process and came across your video regarding hand pollination. Other resources say to use multiple male flowers on a single female flower. You mentioned (pollinating with that one male on every visible & ready female). Have you produced a pumpkin with that technique?
From the information in this thread, you should pollinate the females as soon as you see them opening. It sounds like the females have a short live (maybe only open a few hours in the morning to maybe only opening up one day).
The females can be pollinated as soon as they open. Yes, you can pollinate them multiple times just to be sure.
If you want big pumpkins, you will need to make the conditions as healthy as possible and probably use a variety of "super" nutrients.
Do you have to polliante the pumpkins everyday or when? how do you tell if they there ready to be pollinated? And do you have any advice of how to grow big pumpkins??
I have some honey bees all around my dad's tomato plants is it good when a bee polinates the flower?
@trinag2008 Thanks for the positive feedback.... glad the video was helpful... Happy gardening!
yeah, the "ball" at the base of the flower is more like an ovary or maybe like a womb/uterus, not a ball like a testicle.
Thank you Fernando Octavio García López for replying! :D I'm looking forward to see at least a "girl" to be attentive to...
@Zionistmom Yes, making this video DID feel like I was talking about plants having sex! The weirder part was that I was jumping in to help with the sex act, by doing the pollination by putting the male anther into/onto the female stigma. Actually, it is wild how similarly plants/animals are set up (male seed to female ovary, to make the offspring... how similar we are to these pumpkins!). Ahhh, the wonder of life. Enjoy!
can you use a pumpkin male pollin and use it on a female guard flower and grow a cross betwee both plants?
do you know how long the pollen can keep and how I should keep it. ie: I have some male flowers in the freezer along with some Qtips
What type of pumpkin is this? I have what seems to be a tropical pumpkin growing from my compost patch, that flowering now. This seems very similar.
According to wikipedia, female flowers are short-lived; I quote the article: "These bright and colorful flowers have extremely short life spans and may only open for as short a time as one day"... You may have to be very attentive to when they appear.
People if you do not have male flowers, it's likely that your plant is not mature enough yet, especially if there aren't bulbs under your female flowers.
That's exactly what I was wondering! I have a ton of male flowers, but can't find any female. I do have one single pumpkin that is about as big as a basketball, so that's cool, but I was hoping for more.
Reminds me of that Pink Floyd song........with the flowers? Anyway I have many many male flowers and only 3 female? So I wonder if they are still growing? I see your month here is sept. And right now I'm in mid aug. so I may be just inpatient? Love your Video! Very informative!
Big question. My kids asked me this. I do not know and hope you have the answer. Are there both female and male flowers on one vine?
Is it good when a bee 🐝 Polinates?
Really nice video!!It was just what I needed but I have a question for you: I have an one year old pumpkin plant and I have never seen a female flower only male ones!!Is there anything to do to have one female at least or I just have to wait....(sorry about my english)
Yes. Cross breeding can happen with any curcubit plant. You won't know what you have unless you plant the resulting seeds the next year.
I hope I get big Pumpkins after watching this clip
please suggest i have one pumpkin tree but there are only mail flowers. female flower not seen in theses tree help mi
@destroyahdes THANKS! I was sort of stumbling through narrating the video while I videotaped, since I had not read up on flower parts (female stigma, male anther, etc.) in a good few decades! Thanks for the refresher and sharing these terms!
can i ask sth?with one male you can pollinate more than 1 female and how do we know it has enough to pollinate 3-4?like...how can i see when male's "stuff" is over?heheeh thanks
yes, same vine/plant can have BOTH males AND female flowers.
Thanks for uploading this video.
I have a phobia of pumpkin flowers
great video! thanks. this will help me out a bunch. however i just had to say this. this video seems almost erotic lol ill just take this male plant part and shove it into this female plant part. i find it kinda funny
@I3addogy Yes, the polination is indeed like pumpkin sex... I guess that makes me the pumpkin pimp, or something!
The male flowers usually start flowering about a week before the females
It's like Hand pollinating a cantaloupe.
so helpful! thanks!
I have tons of female flowers! but no male flowers yet! but my female flowers dont have fruit at the end.... MM weird
GARDEN ADVENTURES Bcos they are male
@PaulaandBobby Thanks!
oh ok ^.^
Wow I posted that 10 months ago... but thanks for the info.
Since I don't have any pumpkins i might resort to eating the flowers .Are they edible?
Anyone knows?
avimukta1 yeah people have suggested that to me, you can fry them put them in stir fried and stuff
He seems confused about male on female reproduction. Don't know why.. but excellent video on hand pollination of the normal way species propagate, thank you.
listen to that blue jay !
Can u please answer my question that I asked 2 weeks ago? :(
U know the female flower closes by its self
Nice
Rite ?
@destroyahdes OK, great. thanks again!
All I keep thinking while watching this video is HURRY UP AND SHOW THE POLLINATION PROCESS
plant can make love cool
male flowers have one fine but female flowers have 4
Curious to know why you and other Utubers showing hand pollination Cut off the male flower ? why not leave the flower and collect the pollen leaving the male flower for use the next day.
That'a the ovary!!!
I have no idea. Sorry.
I know how pollination works, but dammit, I STILL laughed when he started diddling the female flower with the male flower x_x
@tmelvin562 yes
It's the ovary
The bulb on the female is called an Ovary, go figure!
ALAHU AKBAR !!! ooppsss wrong vid
3 male flowers no female what the heck and they all closed
They are typically open only a few hours in the morning.
sorry *stamen
3:50... pumpkin sex?
Napa120 3:50
Rape! lloll
Dirty
terrible video
+Tommy G. Whats terrible about it?