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Pumpkin Fruit Set

The term pumpkin "fruit set" means a female flower was successfully pollinated, and the fruit is growing on the vine. You can be sure that fruit set has occurred several days after it was pollinated, when the baby fruit begins to noticeably grow on the vine.

If pollination does not happen, or anything goes wrong in the early stages, the plant will abort the fruit. The tiny fruit will shrivel, darken and perhaps turn black, and finally fall off the vine.

Inevitably this will happen from time to time. When it does, do not panic. The season is long. More fruit will appear and be pollinated, ultimately leading to successful fruit set.

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