What's Blooming Now - Pumpkin Vines 06/12/2011

Pumpkin vines will climb if they are anywhere near something tall. My pumpkin vines are climbing up a fence, over an arbor, and also all along the ground. The pumpkins can be encased in a an old pantyhose if they are hanging from an arbor. I checked all four days we were at the farm last week for male flowers so that I could pollinate the flower. But no male flowers ever opened, only females! I have never grown pumpkins. Maybe it's too hot and they will perform better as it gets cooler. Don't know.

Pumpkin leaves are big!