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Hawthorne, FL

I am new to the pumpkin world and I have a question regarding the female flowers. I have noticed that some females have a green gynecium (bulb under the bloom) while others are yellow. Why is this and is there a difference between the 2. I have pollinated some of each but I can't tell if there is a difference in any way besides color. Thanks, Karen

6/24/2009 10:55:26 AM

Coventry R.I.

Green is a squash,,, and yellow is a pumpkin,,,,

6/24/2009 12:19:51 PM

Hawthorne, FL

Ok but herein lies the curiosity; I have green and yellow gynecia on the same vine of my Atlantic Giants. I am only growing one pumkin on each vine but 2 of my 4 were green prior to pollination and the other 2 were yellow. They are all growing fine but the ones that started green are a much paler yellow than the ones that were yellow in the first place. I know this is probably no big deal, but I was just wondering if anyone else has seen this.

6/24/2009 12:42:56 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

I have seen this before on a 455 Andrews..in the end turned out pumpkin.

6/24/2009 2:01:47 PM

Long Island,New York

Throw the yellow ones away.

6/24/2009 4:23:48 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

If the flower was good and well formed, and the pollenation took, you probably have all pumpkins. I think the green versus yellow means there is a squash in the recent parentage of the vine; but unless it's a few generations of 'green squash' most of those crosses come up pumpkin.

6/24/2009 6:01:11 PM

Hawthorne, FL

Ok, thanks everyone. That's actually kind of cool in certain ways.

6/24/2009 7:14:03 PM

Adams County

msthing,my 393* is a 824 brunst x 500 langevin it has both yellow and green babies, im only pollinating the green ones. crossed one this morning with a 1566 rodonis, hope it takes

6/24/2009 7:43:30 PM

Bemidji Minnesota

You may get that bi color look with some big green areas on an otherwise orange pumpkin.

6/24/2009 10:59:48 PM