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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 ๐Ÿ˜†

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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[โ€“] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 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.

[โ€“] Sal@mander.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hahahaha, woops, I had worse photos but none better ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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

[โ€“] blindbunny@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait till you see factory farming...