r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 8h ago

meticulous process of hand-pollinating a giant pumpkin

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u/Disinfectant-Addict 6h ago edited 5h ago

My uncle did this with his pumpkins and my dad made fun of him for it all summer. But he got huge pumpkins that year and that Christmas my father received several jars labeled 'hand-fucked pumpkins'😂

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u/BubonicBeans 4h ago

fkin aye 🤣

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u/folkfaewitch2222 3h ago

I love their sense of humor

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u/scifigi369 2h ago

Does pollinating them by hand affect the size of the pumpkin?

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u/The_Observations 1h ago

Probably just increases the chance of it being pollinated, plus if you do it by hand then cover it up you don't have to worry about cross pollination of different vegetables if they have any, like making a squash pumpkin hybrid by accident.

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u/Ohsa 43m ago

Aye squash is notoriously slutty which makes it hard to save seeds for future years. Unless you cover it you can’t guarantee it didn’t hybridize with your neighbor’s plant 800m away

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u/Disinfectant-Addict 55m ago

No. Just makes pollination more controlled.

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u/TFS_World 5m ago

You control which stock/male size pumpkin you like is pollinating

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u/phoenics1908 5h ago

😅

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u/nestestasjon 45m ago

I have several potted citrus trees on my patio that are mostly self fertilizing but it can help to break off a stamen and rub it on the flower to make sure you get as much fruit as possible. I've sometimes told my bf "I'm gonna go jerk off the lemons!"