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New to pumpkins need help

11 years ago

This is my first year growing pumpkins ( Jack O Lantern ), and so far everything looks really good. I am just wondering if I should spray the vines with insecticide and fungicide for prevention or can I be successful without them. Also is fertilizer a must as well, I have been looking for fertilizer but have not seen any 5-10-10, most are very high in nitrogen which I have heard will just make the already enormous leaves get bigger and can possibly prevent female flowers. Any help and advice is greatly appreciated .

Thanks,

Oliver

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steven1032
11 years ago
walmart sells a 15-30-15 liquid fert. you can also buy a slow release fert higher in phosphorus through a nursery. make sure it has all mirco and macro nutes in it.

as for the fungacide. i would not use it unless needed. just use soaker hoses around the base and keep water off the leaves and you should be fine.

if you happen to need to use a fungacide. use it when the temps are lower to keep from leaf burn and to keep from killing bees.
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