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Are winter squash in the species Cucurbita maxima grown for food and/or decorative purposes.

Are winter squash in the species Cucurbita maxima grown for food and/or decorative purposes.

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Do large varieties grown in a pot yield small fruits or die?

Consider those large varieties of pumpkins or sunflowers eg mammoth sunflower. What would happen if one plants such a large variety in a small container ? Would the plant restrict it's growth and yield small fruits, like a smaller variety would ? Or…
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Pumpkins are not producing male flowers

I haven't seen a single male flower this season and as a result females are shriveling and dropping off. Any suggestions?
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Pumpkin Plant Suddenly Wilted

I had a thriving pumpkin plant (it is a bix max, grown to about 20 feet, many pumpkins starting to develop). Today I cut off one of the branches (I have cut off branches before and no problems). A couple of hours later the whole thing started…
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Brown on emerging pumpkin fruit?

I have planted a pumpkin which has been growing really well, however today when I came up And started weeding around my plants found a brown wide ring on the emerging fruit. Any suggestions what this might be and do I need to be worried?
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Need help identifying this flower (male/female) on a Big Max pumpkin; also, why is it growing flowers already?

I have two Big Max pumpkins I planted around June 20th. High temps since then have been in the high 90's. I fertilize weekly. The plants are still kind of small (one is about 2 ft. x 2 ft. and the other is about 3 ft. x 4 ft.) so I was surprised…
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Pumpkin seedlings dying off?

I planted a few pumpkin seeds in pots 2 to a pot and left in my greenhouse, after about 4 weeks I had 2 lovely looking plants in one pot each with 3 leaves, at this point I transplanted them each into there own bigger pot. Within about a week one…
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When to allow red kuri squash to start to produce fruit

I am growing red kuri squash in pots on my balcony. The pots I have chosen are definitely smaller than ideal, but they are growing pretty fast and have been since I put them out there in early April, but not at the rate that I usually see in videos…
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How to protect a pumpkin plant on the balcony?

I have planted a relatively large pumpkin plant without much hassle in a pot and now it's becoming relatively large and I have moved it to my balcony in a larger pot (approximately 60L). Unfortunately, our winters here in Germany can become quite…
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Can I grow a pumpkin in a pot on a balcony?

I've seen a pumpkin plant hanging down from somebody's balcony, bearing fruits and am wondering, how is it possible? I've tried planting a hokkaido pumpkin into a pot and it grew very small and beared a 5cm fruit, while another seed from the same…
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