There are two kinds of flowers on a pumpkin, male and female, its the female flower that grows into a pumpkin, the male flowers need cutting off. Female flowers will have a green pod behind the flower, male flowers don't.
Keep well watered and feed tomatoe fertiliser once a week.
Best of luck
Retlaw.
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Originally Posted by buttonsmum
We decided to grow a pumpkin for Siobhan, We have planted it in some compost and are feeding it with tomatoe feed and making sure the compost is moist.
The leaves have grown guite large, and under them there appears to be some flower buds growing, does anyone know if we need to do anything with them or do we just leave them? will these form the pumpkin once they have flowered?
I'd hate for it not to turn out right and disappoint Siobhan.
Thank you in advance for any advice.
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