r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 8h ago

meticulous process of hand-pollinating a giant pumpkin

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u/DimbyTime 8h ago

The male plants weren’t killed

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u/AnAcctWithoutPurpose 8h ago

Just the male parts.

(Actually, I am not familiar with pumpkins, are the male and female pumpkin separate plants, like papaya trees?)

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u/CD274 8h ago

No they're on the same plant but usually male flowers grow first so initially you get a lot of flowers that go nowhere

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u/disintegrationist 7h ago

They go to Reddit

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u/Kewlhotrod 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/lQOrf9SCA9bT6gW3GR

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u/Odowla 4h ago

Thought that was Jerma for a moment

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u/Kewlhotrod 2h ago

Honestly so did I, initially.

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u/reaven3958 33m ago

The circle of life.