Pumpkin Life Cycle
There are six stages to the life of a pumpkin. The first stage begins with a small flat ___________?
Seed
A pumpkin is considered a vegetable. (True or False)
False
It is a fruit. Botanists classify it as a fruit because it is a ripened ovary of a plant that contains sees and grows from a flower. Pumpkins meet these criteria.
What are two things people use pumpkins for?
Decorations and Baking
What is in the soil to help pumpkin plants grow?
Nutrients
Pumpkins grow on ________________.
Vines
Pumpkins are low in:
a. fat
b. calories
c. sodium
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
What season do you start buying pumpkins?
Fall
Pumpkins are what percentage of water _____________?
90%
True or False: Coffee Grounds are good for growing pumpkins.
True
Coffee grounds give pumpkins a nitrogen boost. Can be sprinkled directly around the plants and diluted with water and added as a liquid feed.
Can also be used to control slugs and snails.
Vines are essential to the growth of the pumpkin because they carry _____ and ______ to support the plant's development.
water and nutrients
What is a food made with pumpkin that people eat around Thanksgiving?
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins were once thought to be a cure for what kind of bites?
Snake bites
It is believed that pumpkins originated where _________ 7,500 years ago?
a. Mexico
b. Costa Rica
c. Canada
A. Mexico
Central America
What season do you plant pumpkin seeds?
Spring
What insect is very important for the flowers on a pumpkin vine to turn into a pumpkin?
Bees (to pollinate the flower)
Pumpkins are high in what nutrient?
Fiber
What is the first step in carving a pumpkin?
Cut open the top of the pumpkin
True or False: Pumpkins are hollow inside
True
Pumpkins need a lot of _______________ to grow?
Water
Use a soaker hose or drip irrigation. Avoid wetting the leaves.
True or False: There are two yellow flowers on the pumpkin vine, a male flower and a female flower.
True
The male flower appears first. It does not have a small pumpkin at the base of the flower.
The female flower appears about a week later and has a small pumpkin or bulb at the base of the flower.
True or False: Every part of the pumpkin is edible.
True.
You can eat the following:
Skin
Leaves
Flowers
Pulp
Seeds
Stem
What can you do with the seeds you take out of a pumpkin?
Bake them or Plant them
Pumpkins are grown on every continent except _______.
Antartica
How many seeds are in one pumpkin?
About 500