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male pumpkin flowers 7/21/12
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male pumpkin flowers 8/5/12
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Pumpkin A: female flower (baby pumpkin is attached to vine; flower is attached to pumpkin 8/5/12
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Pumpkin B (vine later moved due to powerwashing threat): female flower (baby pumpkin is attached to vine; flower is attached to pumpkin 8/5/12
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bumblebee doing his/her job 8/5/12
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bumblebee doing his/her job 8/5/12
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Pumpkin B: now moved and in bloom! See the baby pumpkin? photographed 8/6/12
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Pumpkin B: interior of female flower. pumpkin progress 8/6/12
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pumpkin progress 8/6/12
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pumpkin progress 8/6/12
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Pumpkin A: the night before the female blooms. See the baby pumpkin? pumpkin progress 8/8/12
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Pumpkin B: conception successful: bloom is withering away but the pumpkin remains! pumpkin progress 8/8/12
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Pumpkin C: I hadn't even noticed this female bloom! But the bees did their job! Flower is withered and pumpkin is strong! pumpkin progress 8/8/12
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Pumpkin A: female in bloom! 8/9/12
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pumpkin C: day after conception; pumpkin is already visibly larger! 8/9/12
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pumpkin A: female in bloom 8/9/12
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pumpkin A: day after conception, pumpkin already visibly larger! 8/10/12
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pumpkin D: new female coming on 8/10/12
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pumpkin B: 4 days after conception 8/10/12
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Pumpkin A 4 days after conception 8/13/12
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Pumpkin C: 5 days after conception 8/13/12
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Pumpkin B: 7 days after conception 8/13/12
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Pumpkin E: new female first noticed 8/13/12
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Female pumpkin flower that never matured, never bloomed, just fell off
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Pumpkin E on 8/18/12. Still not ready to bloom.
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Pumpkin A 9 days after conception, photographed on 8/18/12
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Pumpkin C 10 days after conception, photographed on 8/18/12
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Pumpkin B: 12 days after conception, photographed on 8/18/12
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Pumpkin D: female in bloom (and filled with water after morning rainstorm!) 8/18/12
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Pumpkin D in bloom 8/18/12
