Fall Clean Up of Your Pumpkin Patch Garden Soil

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Fall Clean-Up of Your Pumpkin Patch

The best time to replenish your garden soil, is in the fall. The biggest difference between amending your soil in the Fall vs. Spring, is you can add raw and un-decomposed materials. Over the long winter, they will break down and mix into your soil, ready to feed new plants in the spring.

As soon as you've harvested your pumpkins, you can add ample amounts of leaves, compost and raw manure. Then, work it into your garden soil. A tiller works best, to mix materials into the soil. However, you can usually work materials deeper into the soil, with a shovel.

It is also important to check your soil pH.The ideal pumpkin plant soil pH range is 5.5 - 7.5. Over time, it may need to be adjusted. More on soil pH.

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