Tag: pumpkin
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Happy Halloween 2018
I hope you get all the candy you wish for.
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How Pumpkins Grow?
Yesterday my wife and I took the family to get Halloween pumpkins. While walking through the field it occurred to me that some people may not know how pumpkins grow. How Pumpkins Grow Pumpkin plants are Monoecious, they have both male and female flowers on the same plant. The female flower has a small ball…
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Pumpkins in the Landscape
Yesterday I visited a landscape planted last week. While photographing the landscape I noticed the oddest site. Nestled between a Siberian Carpet (Microbiota decussata) and PJM Rhododendron (Rhododendron ‘PJM’) was a thriving pumpkin seedling. How could this happen? The compost used to prepare the soil was the composting spot of several years of Holden family pumpkins. The moist soil…