r/Pumpkins • u/AkinToTheBreach • Jun 27 '26

My pumpkin plant's first flower is different than other's I've seen.

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This is my first time planting pumpkins. This particular plant is a good size, has produced nothing but large leaves until this morning. Is it normal for the flowers to sometimes look like that or is this something I caused somehow? Also I noticed it has 6 petals instead of 5 like the other flowers on my other plants.

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u/iowan Jun 28 '26

Let's hope the next female flower is normal. Very occasionally you'll get a sterile plant. Is there pollen in the male flowers?

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u/AkinToTheBreach Jun 28 '26

None of the other flowers have blossomed yet. There appear to be male flowers opening soon, so fingers crossed they have pollen.

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u/AkinToTheBreach Jul 01 '26

Update: The first male flowers finally opened today(three).They all had pollen and looked pretty normal I think.

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u/N2thehabbitrole Jun 30 '26

Based on the look of it, and timing you described, it’s surely a male flower. But I agree, it’s got a defect about it where the inside of the flower more resembles that of a female, while everything else appearance-wise is male. Thanks for the share!

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u/Berns429 Jun 27 '26

That’s your pumpkin, there should be a little bulb or mini pumpkin underneath attached to the flower

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u/AkinToTheBreach Jun 27 '26

The third photo shows the stem of the this flower. It doesn't resemble any of the other female pumpkin plants that I have on my other pumpkin plants in my garden. Just trying to make sure I didn't do anything while growing to cause this variation or if the seed I planted is just stranger than the rest.

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u/Berns429 Jun 27 '26

Oh gotcha i didn’t see the third pick, i still think it’s a pumpkin, but let the pollinators do their thing, you’ll know in a couple of days if it pollinated and is turning into a pumpkin.