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Guide the stems as they grow along, so you determine where the plant will grow.
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Protect your fruits from moist and fungus by letting them grow on some hay or shredded bark.
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Lure bees and other pollinators to your patch by planting flowers in between your plants.
Pumpkin Tips:
Pumpkins
You see them all over farmer’s markets throughout fall, in all their orange glory: pumpkins.
Not all that difficult to grow in your own garden, as long as you have the space for them. Because the pumpkin plant is rather greedy.
Start in time and you will have your pumpkins to carve by Halloween.
In my experience, pumpkin plants don’t really like to be moved about a lot, so you want to seed them straight into the soil. Pumpkins are very frost-sensitive so wait long enough before you start seeding them. You can even wait as long as late June, although mid-May seems to be the ideal time to put them to the ground.
Pumpkins like sun and warmth and, like I said before, need quite a lot of space.The vines easily grow up to 20 to 30 feet in length. Plant your pumpkin plant in the middle of your patch. That way, you can guide the vines over the entire patch. Plant your seeds about 2 inches deep and you’ll see them sprout within ten days.
Be careful when watering though: don’t get the leaves wet, or they’ll easily attract fungal infections. Pumpkins don’t like wind either, so you might want to plant them somewhere sheltered. Once your pumpkin starts turning orange, decrease the amount of water until you harvest.
