How to Pollinate a GIANT Pumpkin | Giant Pumpkin Beginner Tips

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Pollinating your giant pumpkin is when all the fun begins! You can let nature do it for you via the bees, but if you’d like to ensure a complete pollination and control your genetics, it’s important to do your own controlled pollination. In this video, I show you how to position the vine, identify male vs. female flowers, learn when the flower is going to open, prevent contamination from bees, control your genetics, and use the male to “paint” pollen onto the female.

Timecodes
0:00 – S-curve
0:56 – Mounding up the soil
1:59 – How to tell when the female flower will open
2:57 – Covering the flower with a paper cup
3:35 – Alternatives to paper cups
3:49 – Male flowers: Immature vs. ready to open vs. too old
4:54 – Pollinating the pumpkin
7:38 – Plant size at pollination
8:32 – Removing the cup and flower 24 hours after pollination

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