Pollination Continues at a Frenzied Pace!

Posted by Dollinger Farms (Channahon, United States) on 28 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

We have many pumpkins set, but the bees continue to visit the many pumpkin blossoms. (these blossoms are delicious in soup or deep fried) We rely on the bees to pollinate our pumpkin plants. A pumpkin has both male and female blossoms. Only the female blossoms will produce a pumpkin Noreen