Pumpkin fail
As I wrote a few posts ago about the cucumber plants dying, I realized the EXACT same thing happened to our pumpkin, only we originally thought we stepped on it by accident or something. It was growing really well, then, all of a sudden… DEAD! The vines shriveled up leaving two orphan pumpkins to turn orange and waste away in the sun. Squash, pumpkin and cucumber leaves are all very similar, so they are probably susceptible to the same types of fungus. We didn’t get to the pumpkins in time before the critters got to them, but I did get to harvest the seeds.
Before shot… seemingly healthy pumpkin
After shot… dried pumpkin seeds
I guess we’ll try again next year!
August 26, 2012
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Sheryl · 
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Tags: Outdoors, Pumpkins, Seeds, Squash · Posted in: Community Garden, Produce
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