Ketuka [Terengganu dialect], Labu Feringhi [Malay name], Kent Pumpkin [English]

At first I thought it was a watermelon plant, until...

I almost stepped onto this pumpkin.

In the next couple of weeks, I noticed the plant growing.

The large leaves and vibrant yellow flowers!

 Then the flower buds appeared, new ones each morning.

I thought they looked like squids.

And more buds coming...

I thought this would grow into one big pumpkin and what a feast.

Not so pumpkin in the end.

It turned yellow and fell off the stem. What had happened?

This was the result of why drawing 'Ultraman' figures during Science class is not 'schooling'. Learning didn't take place in the class, instead in the backyard.

So, my first hands-on pollination work - no bees & butterflies.

The yellow spores from the stigma 'sticked' to my fingers like glue.

At last, I got lots of pumpkins.