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#414742 Jul 3rd, 2025 at 09:37 PM
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I'm growing 3 different types of pumpkins for the first time this year and although the plants themselves are growing great and have multiple blooms, once the blooms have been there for a few days, they just fall off which of course means no fruit. The stems where the bloom was look as though it has been eaten/ bit off. What would be doing this or is it normal? I posted a couple pics showing the stem and a another one showing the blooms.
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Those are male blossoms, they fall off. The female blossoms have a bump on the end.


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