[gigley girl pants]

I'm a newbie with all thats green and growing in the garden and have had some sucess with most veg but my Pumpkins are producing flowers that then produce the fruit at the base but when the flower falls off the fruit begin to turn brown and start to rot.  Please help as I would love to have them for Halloween  :twisted: ...   Many thanks

[Oscar Too]

Sounds very much like the female plants aren't getting fertilised.  Have a look and see whether you have any male plants - they are on long stalks and don't have any bulbous bit underneath.  If you have, take a cotton bud and sab up some pollen from the male and introduce it into the female.  or strip the male petals back and rub it in the female.

If you don't have any ready male flowers, steal some from another plant!

[gigley girl pants]

Thank you so much I have done this to 2 female's and now just sitting back with fingers crossed  

[Aunt Sally]

Welcome gigley girl pants (great name)  

[richyrich7]

Welcome to the forum gigley girl pants  

[flatcap]

agree with oscar too

                                          our pumpkins were keep rotting ,we fertilized by putting male flower into female ,weve got a few good size ones now