{"id":889,"date":"2011-09-06T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=889"},"modified":"2011-09-02T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T19:39:20","slug":"pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_890\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-890\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-890\" title=\"DSCF1750\" src=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1750-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1750-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1750-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkin Blossom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pumkins, are the bane of my gardening skills.\u00a0 I have tried for many years now to grow pumpkins. I&#8217;ve tried many different varieties including the great giant, jack-o-lantern, and now Howden.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve searched the internet to see what I&#8217;ve possibly been doing wrong  only to hear that pumpkins are really easy to grow. Urrrrgh! So not  helping.\u00a0 All I wanted was at least one sizable pumpkin to carve for Halloween.\u00a0 Most years the pumpkin plant has barely grown.\u00a0 Last year I got a soft ball size pumpkin.\u00a0 This year all plant and no pumpkin.\u00a0 I know it&#8217;s not the area I live in. Friends in my neighborhood grow pumpkins just fine.\u00a0 One even had nearly 20 pumpkins growing in her garden last year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve eagerly awaited thinking this year was going to be different.\u00a0 The plant took off and has been doing great.\u00a0 Lots of male blossoms but no female blossoms.\u00a0 We would see the female blossoms start to develop only to see it wither away before it even had a chance to blossom.\u00a0 Until this morning.\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 I quickly went out there and hand pollinated the blossom to ensure pollination.\u00a0 It was in the 30s last night and not a lot of bees were buzzing around this morning.\u00a0 So I took a q-tip and rubbed some pollen from the male blossom and transfered it to the female blossom.\u00a0 I wonder if it&#8217;s too little too late.\u00a0 It&#8217;s already starting to get chilly.\u00a0 I hope this pumpkin takes and grows big enough for Halloween.\u00a0 Obviously something I&#8217;ll be updating on later.\u00a0 I do have a great recipe for pumpkin pie filling so maybe I&#8217;ll try a sweet pumpkin next year.\u00a0 Any suggestions on what variety to choose from?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_891\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-891\" title=\"DSCF1751\" src=\"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1751-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1751-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSCF1751-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pumpkin plant taking over my garden<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pumkins, are the bane of my gardening skills.\u00a0 I have tried for many years now to grow pumpkins. I&#8217;ve tried many different varieties including the great giant, jack-o-lantern, and now Howden.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve searched the internet to see what I&#8217;ve possibly been doing wrong only to hear that pumpkins are really easy to grow. Urrrrgh! 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