My pumpkin plant doesnt seem to be fairing to well @ the moment. So far i have only had 1 female flower & that has only emerged in the last week or so. Also the stem has gone yellow along with one of the leaves which has yellow patches.
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Is my pumpkin poorly or is to do with the varity? Do Atlantic giants fruit @ a later time? Im pretty sure my Jack o'lanterns had @ least 2 fruits per plant this time last year.
That variety really should have fruit on by now to be sure to get it to full maturity but that 1 flower may do it if you get a male one quickly.
n I think it is hungry.I would give the plant a feed, aged manure as a mulch, a handful of organic all purpose around the base or a good spray of seaweed foliar spray.
Just check the stem to make sure there is no break in it, I don't think so as I would expect it to go limp rather than yellow but take alook to be sure.
XX Jeannine
My one has very yellow stems. But it also has a good sized pumpkin. If it has a female flower and no male I would suggest asking someone for a male flower and handpollinating. And like Jeannine says feed it, I am not sure you can ever give a pumpkin too much food. ;D
Thanks for that guys. I know pumpkins are greedy buggers. This 1 is growing on a bed of pure manure & just some compost from an old grow bag from last year. I knew it would be a big plant but OMG I wasnt expecting this lol. Somebody said that they like a drink of beer, do u recon that would perk him up a bit??