Post #1760171

2026-04-28 14:47 UTC

This is the best progress I’ve made attempting to grow Seminole Pumpkin so far. This is only the first pumpkin to develop so I shouldn’t proclaim success this early on, but already this is much better than I’ve been able to achieve in the past. #gardening #Florida #zone10

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@PermaSolarPotter@mastodon.green 2026-04-28 14:52

I had to undo the relationship between pumpkins and Thanksgiving in my mind. (Sounds dumb when I say it out loud—silly US marketing propaganda.) I would try starting these plants in the summer for fall harvest bc they’re supposedly “heat tolerant” but summer is actually the worst time to grow anything in this region. The pest pressure is much too high. Growing them in the spring during milder weather, when everything seems to want to grow and bloom, was a much better decision. #gardening #zone10

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@deirdrebeth@mas.to 2026-04-28 15:11

@PermaSolarPotter I never got past flowers. Lots of beautiful flowers, but never a single gourd. May yours grow fat and happy 😁

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@jjmcgaffey@mindly.social 2026-04-30 00:05

@PermaSolarPotter @deirdrebeth I had years of vines but no flowers, or flowers but no fruit. Hand pollinating helped (I hadn't seen the thing about doing it multiple times, though), but what worked best for me was multiples of the same sort of squash. I now get sufficient zucchini (from 2-3 plants, for one person - not the overwhelming bounty it's supposed to be), and I've gotten at least one pumpkin (mostly Sugar Pie) each of the last four years. Four, on two vines, was the most I ever got. Not a lot, but enough for a couple pies.

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