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Posted by ninjabut USDA z 8,CA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 21:03
We were given several giant pumpkin seeds from a farmer where my husband does his pumpkin carving.
I have several questions about starting and growing the pumpkins.
Should I start them indoors or outdoors? My last date of frost is supposed to be April 15th. Wouldn't starting them outside give them plenty of growing time? How many seeds per hill? The guy gave me 2-3 of each kind of seed.
If I start some of them inside, what type of pots should I use? I've found that peat pots don't break down well and pumpkins are very fussy about being transplanted.
Finally, when I decide which pumpkins I'm going to concentrate on, where do I prune the other vines? Right up to the main vine, a few inches out?
OOps, one more thing. GOPHERS!!!!!! Should we lay the gopher wire on the ground and mound the growing soil up on top of the wire (less digging)with a lip of wire sticking up, dig down (how deep, we both have bad backs) or make raised beds with wire underneath?
Thanks for any help or resources. Nancy |
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| Bigpumpkins.com is the easy answer....its all there on that great website and I suggest you read all you can there. It doesn't hurt to ask opinions here either....but more info is needed like where do you grow?...gophers means west of the rockies right?...nasty pests but groundhogs are just as bad. Pollination starts about 60 days after transplanting and its tough to get pollination when its over 90 degrees so....where you live and what expected temps are at day 60-80 are kinda important and will determine when you want to start....as well as contest dates , space per plant, and level of interest.....check out Bigpumpkins.com...... |
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