How To Plant Giant Pumpkin

Plant pumpkins in widely spaced rows. Giant pumpkins need a lot of water and sugar and they need it fast.

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Optimal soil PH for growing giant pumpkins is between 65 and 68 but it should be no higher than 70.

How to plant giant pumpkin. A typical giant pumpkin grows from seed to huge orange squash in only 120 to 160 days. Start germinating seeds mid-late April to. This will be the base of fertility for the giant pumpkin next year.

Germinating giant pumpkin seeds 1 Soak seeds overnight in warm water 8-12 hours This softens the pumpkin seeds shell and accelerates germination. With a sharp knife cut off all the branches and stems except the one you selected. Keep the soil moist and warm either by placing the tray in a warm windowsill or by using a heat mat.

Pumpkin Gardening - YouTube. 1 Spread 3 to 4 inches of mulch such as shredded leaves. Provide your giant pumpkin plant with just the right amount of water to ensure proper growth of the vines and maximum pumpkin fruit size.

Seedlings should germinate within four to seven days. Ensure you have lots of earthworms to process the decaying material and provide valuable nutrients for the plants. How to Prune a Giant Pumpkin Plant.

This blossom will yield into a giant pumpkin with the milk-feed. Let all fruits grow until they have the size of a basketball choose your favourite and cut all other fruits but only one a day. Sculpt the bed into a low broad mound like a pitchers mound and cover it for the winter with a straw mulch or a cover crop.

Growing giant pumpkins requires top-quality soil. Check the PH levels using a PH tester that can be bought at any garden centre. At peak growth its putting on 15 kilograms 33 pounds every day.

To get the biggest pumpkin you have to choose a fruit on the main vine at least 10 feet away from your planting point. In late winterearly spring start the pumpkin seeds in peat pots about a month before the average date of last frost in your area. Cover with the seed-starting mix and water with a spray bottle.

Go to your pumpkin field and pick out a healthy vine. On the selected vine choose one healthy blossom and remove all others. Rotor-till into soil and keep soil as loose as possible.

Thats like daily adding a two-year-old child to its mass. Make a one-inch hole with your finger and lay the seed flat inside. If your pumpkin variety grows along creeping vines space the hills in the same row 12 ft 37 m apart and space the rows 6 to 10 ft 18 to 3 m.

Prepare soil by adding mixture of manure peat moss granular fertilizer and compost leaves grass fruit vegetable peelings coffee grounds etc. How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin. Most growers start preparing the soil in the fall by mulching with leaves compost and manure.

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