Pumpkin Gardening Fact: Cross-Pollination

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Did you know that pumpkins can cross pollinate with other winter squashes?

According to Mark Keaton, staff chair for Baxter County at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, “cross-pollination between squashes and pumpkins will not produce off-flavored or off-colored fruit in this year’s garden, but if the seed is saved for planting next year, the result will be a combination.”

For more information, visit www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060726/COLUMNISTS1601/607260306/1002/NEWS17.