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| 1. Male Flower |
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| 2. Female Flower |
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| 3. Baby Pumpkin |
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Pumpkin is the second fastest growing plant I have ever planted. It grows by a few centimetres every other day. The champion is the Gar plant from Vietnam. I made the mistake of putting them on the same pot and they end up growing all over each other. Pumpkin leaves are relatively large: bigger than my palm.
You will find a flower bulb for every leave on a mature plant. Take a closer look at picture 1 if you have doubt about I said. Pumpkin flower blooms only for a few hours and most of them are male which means they will not fruit but just wither away.
Pumpkin has poor root system which limits its growth potential and is prone to aphid attacks.
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