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I'm growing a Big Max pumpkin this year. This is my second year gardening and first time trying to grow a pumpkin.
Does anyone know if this is a male or female flower? I think I'm supposed to seal the female ones until later but also think I remember reading the male ones come first.
It can be either. You can get slow release non urea based osmocote stuff for pumpkins as they are very hungry. Consider putting some peas or beans in there after the pumpkin is done to help recruit fungi to convert your nitrogen into a useable form. Since it's your first year you might have just had too young compost
I was planning on doing a cover crop this fall. This is a 4 foot square raised bed. I used Miracle Gro Raised Bed soil and nothing else. Maybe that's why lol.