I thought maybe Phil & Laura would get a kick out of these. Or anyone else who likes my accidental planting.
First, a front view-

Next, a side view-


And one more...


So, there ya have it, my flowerbed of pansies...

Meg

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I reject your reality, and substitue my own!
My favorite digital camera photos that I took.
My family, garden, and a bunch of misc. photos!

Maybe if you plant some pumpkin seeds next year you will get pansies!

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

Hi Meg, Thats a purty pansy Ya got there! I can see a possibility of it getting to look Messy though, those lil squiggly things are tendrils they can be trimmed off, they are there for the pumpkin to Grab ahold of things, and it will start to wrap around the leaves and the vines and soon your punkapansy will look all Tangled. Take a exacto or sharp tool and just whack em' off near the vine. The tendrils on my Giants are about the size of a crayon in diameter when I trim em', no need to worry, they heal themselves. You can also trim off the secondaries, they are vines that come off the main vine from the base, and even whack off the tips of the vines,(if you feel the need to keep your punkapansy under control)

Glad ya'll like my punkipansy patch..lol.

I will work on trimming those tendrils down, thanks. I don't know if I'd know a secondary vine from a main vine, so those may just stay...lol. I did look for the flowers.. noticed several male flowers, but did see a few female flowers in there as well. Actually, there is a picture of one female bud there, in that last picture with all the vinies.. it's kinda fuzzy, but if you look close, you'll see the "baby pumpkin" just below where the blossom will be. Debating whether I want to pollenate them myself, or let nature take it's course. My yard is nothing but clovers, and there's always bees around.

I had a nightmare last night, that the flowers suddenly sprung open on my pumpkins, and we were immediately swarmed by THOUSANDS of bees.

My dad says they are really hard to get rid of, that they will come back year after year. Not sure if I like that idea. He did confirm that my wild red berries all over the place, are wild strawberries, tho not ready for picking.

I think mom is jealous that I have peach tree in my back yard. Of course, it'll likely be a good many years before it'll ever see any fruit. And nobody wants me to plant the crab apple trees..lol. They make a pretty red flower, but the fruit is very messy on the yard.

Meg

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I reject your reality, and substitue my own!
My favorite digital camera photos that I took.
My family, garden, and a bunch of misc. photos!

No worries about discrediting my dad..lol. He used to work some farms when he was a kid/teen/young adult, but he's 61 now, and he is going on old memories..lol. He recalled helping someone that planted pumpkins, on purpose, on his farm one year. Then for 5 years, the dang things kept coming back. LOL. (Maybe the guy just kept planting them, and didn't tell my dad!)

Anyways, I'm not going to worry about it now. Plenty of time to think about that later.

Last night, we saw one male pumpkin flower almost open. I will go out shortly to see if any other flowers are emerging. Can I say I'm kinda excited?

Meg

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I reject your reality, and substitue my own!
My favorite digital camera photos that I took.
My family, garden, and a bunch of misc. photos!

If I throw my Halloween pumpkins *the one's I don't cut up* out on to the compost pile in the back forty, it does re~seed for me too!

Weezie

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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
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Ok, I will try to answer this without being confusing. It all depends on...Genetics! If this came from a farm raising pumpkins for commercial sales, it was probably a variety picked for uniform shape and coloring. Varieties common are:
Howden- 13-15 lbs. avg.
Pro Gold -11-15 " "
Gold Rush-12-22
Appalachian-9-19
Magic Lantern-5-18
Connecticut Field (Big Tom)-20-25
Now, probably what You REALLY wanna know...all varieties will grow a Larger pumpkin, IF, you allow only ONE pumpkin to remain and develop on the plant. Other wise you will end up with several smaller ones, how many, again variety, or you decide and let a certain amount set fruit and pick the rest of the females that appear. Picking the pumpkin early, while it is small will result in a mushy, immature fruit, that will not keep well.There could be many reason's for the smaller pumpkin your daughter chose, But I doubt that the farmer planted a smaller variety if he was producing for market. Ask Him, never did mind, myself,Going on a farm roadtrip!Oh and while I'm here, even though you have many bees, you may still consider hand pollinating!