My pumpkin sprouted!
By shaqziad1610
@shaqziad1610 (506)
Malaysia
7 responses
@diosabella (4789)
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16 Mar 17
Hi! I had pumpkins before. My never bear fruit maybe because a lot of people came and harvested the flowers all the time. The flowers are edible they said. I even saw in the local market. But i've never tried cooking it before though so I don't know how it taste like. 
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
So the flower is edible then. There's a good chance the sprouts are too. Do you know how they eat the flower?
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
@diosabella I see. So I could use the pumpkin flower in stir-fry. You are making me looking forward to the pumpkin vines. How long does it takes for your pumpkin before it start flowering?
@diosabella (4789)
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16 Mar 17
@shaqziad1610 I think saute with onion and garlic and other vegetables and some meat.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
15 Mar 17
Great..but will you be handle it further
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
That's one of the issues I had to face. I toss the seeds right smack in the middle of my tiny backyard. How silly of me. 
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
16 Mar 17
@shaqziad1610 I hope you are able to manage it
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
@amitkokiladitya I would love to keep all of them, but they might not be able to survive in such limited space. I might have to choose to keep the healthiest sprout and pulled out the rest.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
15 Apr 17
Pumpkin is very easy to grow.. I know that we can eat the flowers but I'm not sure about the sprouts ..
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
15 Apr 17
I tried eating the sprout. My mom cooked it in some coconut milk. It taste fine. But it is not something I might buy if I found it sold in market. Free food, now that is another story. By now, the ones I left to grow on the ground are infesting my backyard. I am looking forward to harvesting pumpkin flowers. I heard they are great deep-fried tempura style.
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
19 Apr 17
@epiffanie Is it to your liking? I must say it won't be my
favorite, but I never turn down anything edible and free.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
16 Apr 17
@shaqziad1610 I've tried the pumpkin flowers cooked in coconut milk .. I haven't tasted the deep fried ..
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
15 Mar 17
Check on youtube for ideas?
The sprouts should be edible, but it would be nice to wait for a pumpkin to grow.
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
You are right. Maybe I should check out youtube later.
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@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
Is it edible? It is a shame to throw them away, so I kind of hoping I could turn it into side dish or something. Other than that, or they end up in my makeshift compost pile 
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
16 Mar 17
@shaqziad1610 Check online and see what is suggested?
@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
How to modify it? By cooking it? Or do you mean like scientifically engineering an edible pumpkin sprout?
@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
@pammooratan Both is good. But my backyard might get pumpkin vines-infested then 
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.@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
What's good? Eating them? Or having pumpkin vines in my backyard? But I do think both are good ideas
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My husband likes to toss seeds on our back yard...@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 17
That's exactly what I'm doing.
They looked healthy. Theoretically I should thinned out, leave just one or two healthy sprout to grow. But now they had sprouted, it's a shame to just throw them away.
They looked healthy. Theoretically I should thinned out, leave just one or two healthy sprout to grow. But now they had sprouted, it's a shame to just throw them away.