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"A pumpkin is not a house plant" they told me... (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by Sal@mander.xyz to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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We are having a pumpking growing competition at work and I live in an apartment, so I'm working with what I have 😆

The plant already produced many male flowers. From what I have read, the male flowers usually come out 10 - 14 days before the female flowers. They open up for a single day and then they close and fall off.

I found out that tey are edible, so I stuffed a few of them with some left overs as a culinary experiment.

And the first female flower has arrived!

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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I'm interested to know as well because the photo makes it look revolting lol

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

I don't know about the bottle but I've stuffed pumpkin flowers with cheese , breaded and fried them, and served with a tiny drizzle of honey. Delicious. Look up recipes for squash blossoms or zucchini blossoms, they are basically the same. You remove the stamens so you just have a pouch.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Hahahaha, woops, I had worse photos but none better 😂

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Hahaha no worries, I read your reply to the other comment and it sounds interesting!

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago

Wait till you see factory farming...

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

....??

this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024

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