Pumkpin patch

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Check the leaves of your pumpkin plants regularly for any sign of eggs and adults to get rid of them outright. You can also put a cardboard at the base of your pumpkin plant and leave it overnight. Check the following day for hiding pests and squish them. With the sheer size of pumpkins, they can be such thirsty plants and are heavy feeders too. A soaker hose would be the best but a watering can will do. As your plant grows, you can feed them once a month with a fertilizer low in nitrogen but high in phosphate and potassium.

You can pollinate pumpkins yourself to be sure you only get a true to seed cross-pollination. Here the steps:. But if you plant Howden with Musquee de Provence which is a Moschata, they will cross. To cross-pollinate pumpkin varieties, you can refer to the table above for the cross-pollinating plant varieties.

Your pumpkins are ready for harvest when the rind is hard and the color is either a uniform orange, yellow, or white depending on the variety. Cut the pumpkins from the vines before the first frost by leaving two to three inches of the handle.

A pumpkin with the handle stores longer. If the handle is removed, make sure to use this pumpkin first. Pumpkins stores great, but with curing, you can store them far longer.

Wash the pumpkins well to remove any dirt and thoroughly dry them. Put them out in the sun in a greenhouse or a sunny windowsill to harden up the skin.

With the pumpkins cured, you can now put them in a dry, well-ventilated place. Giving them extra padding will allow for air circulation and will prevent skin softening. For more details to growing your own pumpkin patch, check this video from GrowOrganic Peaceful Valley :. The cooling of the weather, falling leaves, warm fall colors, and pumpkins best signal fall season is here. In fact, carving pumpkins is a family tradition in Halloween and pumpkins are an important garden crop in the fall. Why keep buying pumpkins when you can grow your own pumpkin patch?

So grow a pumpkin patch with this growing guide and look forward to a pumpkin harvest every fall season for the years to come. How do you like your pumpkins?

Share with me how you enjoy your pumpkins by posting it in the comments section below. You can also check for the crops to grow in every season for your vegetable garden here. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic.

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