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Nova Scotia

I just pollunated the one I want to keep yesterday. But I have one 2' away that I want to get rid of so all the Juice goes to my keeper. But befor that I need to know my keeper is pollunated. So how can you tell? My keeper's blossum closed about 3hrs after I pollunated it with 5 male's completly covering the 5 lobes with pollen. That night the lobes started to split apart and swell and this morning it was 3 times as big as yesterday (golf ball size to goose egg size). So is this pollenated for sure?

7/10/2008 8:58:56 AM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Wait 10 days. If it is more than 20", you are probably fine. Not the quick solution you are looking for though.

7/10/2008 9:00:00 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

2-4 days you should see it swell... usually they show signs of aborting before ten days but. Give it a few more days to see what it's doing. If you only have a few on the plant and they're all under 10 days it won't make much difference if you wait a few to see if the keeper is truely set. If the fruit starts to dull and change color, or groove, pit up, or pucker, then it is aborting...
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=87044 on left shows an abort in progress, page to the page after for a closeup of that one. Good luck.

7/10/2008 1:36:14 PM

St. Thomas Ontario

If it hits 1000 lbs it's probably pollinated, i'd keep 'em both just to make sure...(that i beat you;)

7/10/2008 4:17:00 PM