A plant with a cheerful appearance, which roams the garden all summer long to delight us in September with its colorful and sweet fruits: this is the pumpkin, a beneficial vegetable that can be kept for a long time after harvest and allows us many uses. different culinary. .

Growing a pumpkin shape or size is quite easy. Getting them to get huge is another weight class.

So what does it take to grow a great pumpkin?

First, you need to start with good-quality seeds of the right variety. Not all pumpkins have the ability to grow to enormous size. We’ll give you great varieties of pumpkins to try later in this article.

Second, your pumpkins need to have a good head start. Feed them well from the start and they will develop strong roots.

Third, pumpkins need plenty of room to expand outward. And pushing outwards they will, some vines trailing up to 7 meters!

And then comes the fertilizing of the pumpkins.

When we talk about huge harvests, we often think of a gigantic winning pumpkin, which can approach a ton (at 900 kg!).

We’re not aiming as big here, although we want huge harvests. So, let’s take a few hints from the master pumpkin growers and apply their advice to our own gardens.

Even if you get a pumpkin weighing 20 kg, you might consider it a huge success.

However, larger pumpkins have less flavor and a ton of seeds. It’s definitely something to consider in the quest to get big.

You’ll need to use good judgment when applying fertilizer, but that’s not all. To grow a large pumpkin or lots of tasty medium-sized pumpkins, you’ll also need a generous amount of land and plenty of water.

How long do pumpkin seeds take to germinate?

Before planting, it helps to know how long pumpkins take to sprout. Planting time is super important as they take 90-130 days to reach maturity. How’s that for a long growing season?

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Pumpkins take a week to ten days to germinate. If they haven’t germinated by then, you need to reseed a new set of seeds. Or buy transplants if the sowing period has passed.

Plan your pumpkin planting when the temperatures are just right. If you plant directly outdoors, daytime temperatures should reach 21-35°C, but you can easily start the plants in containers for an earlier start to the growing season.

The trick to getting them to develop strong roots is a combination of good soil quality, sunlight, and sufficiently well-watered, warm soil.

How much space do you need to grow pumpkins?

In order to harvest good-sized pumpkins, you will also need to give them plenty of space in the full sun. We’ll get to that when we talk about why you shouldn’t plant pumpkins too close together. But for now, what you need to know is that in the most ideal situation, pumpkins prefer 10 square meters per plant.

If you don’t have much yard space to relax in, opt for a smaller variety of pumpkins, such as Bumpkin, Baby Boo, Half Pint, Jack-Be-Little, or Midnight.

put your pumpkin seeds in the ground in May in the north; plant in early July in the south.

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