Pumpkin sex for the Goddess

Just for Purple Goddess (who asked about pumpkins in my previous blog), a little bit of pumpkin anatomy. :)

This is what a boy flower looks like. You'll see the long stem and the typical male feature on the inside of the flower.I don't have any girl flowers, as all the very early ones are being killed off by the rain. This is a photo of one at its very early stages, before the flower is finished developing, but I will take a guess I will lose it too with the wet. But you can see the little bulb of the baby pumpkin is formed before pollination occurs.


And here's one we successfully prepared earlier. Pollinated by Grumbles himself, just pull off a boy flower from the vine and poke a girl flower gently, making sure the two parts on the inside touch.

Tada!