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RANDOM MUSINGS FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL

7/24/2025

HELP!!!

 THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND IT REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!

A little background.  A good friend gave me two small Dixie cups with a plant in them about two months ago.  I was told they were a tiny pumpkin plant - pumpkins like the ones you see in table-top displays at Halloween and Thanksgiving.  I gave one to my neighbor.  I planted the other in the rear (NE facing) of my house amid some flowers and grasses.  I had no idea what I was getting into.  


Here it is (above) after a few weeks.  Didn't think too much about it.



Another couple weeks and I was starting to worry.  What have I done here?  It was threatening to cover up my flowers and grasses.  I thought those yellow flowers it was producing were cute.  I cut off the part over the lawn.




Right.  It spread out sideways. I had to use the panorama camera setting.


Two weeks ago - this is what I had.  YIKES!


You can see that I tried to wind it through the railing on the patio.  It is taking over my yard.  BUT, I'm afraid to cut it now because I saw this.


BIG WHITE PUMPKINS! 

My investigation on the internet tells me that they might be called Lumina Pumpkins.   

HELP!  
WHAT DO I DO NOW?
How do I know if they are ripe?  ready to harvest?


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Better get some sleep first look like you’re under attack by an invasive species of vine man eating plant good luck!