I finally had 5 pumpkins fertilized.

One is already orange and four were fertilized in the last week.

All four are turning mushy. Each pumpkin is on its own plant.

I do not know why they started to grow and then suddenly went soft. Each one was slightly smaller than a baseball.

Should I go ahead and remove them in hopes of diverting the energy back into the plant in hopes of a new female bloom?

What bothers me is not only did I fertilize the pumpkins, the bees were busy, too.

I have had the worst luck with pumpkins.

The first frost in my area is around Halloween.