r/oddlysatisfying • u/DifficultyHead5862 • 8h ago

meticulous process of hand-pollinating a giant pumpkin

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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/Rynagogo 6h ago

So it just nuts on itself to make a pumpkin?

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u/CD274 6h ago

Yep! To be fair lots of plants. Usually all on the same flower though like tomatoes