Growing pumpkins is loads of fun. Want to grow the biggest and best pumpkins in your neighborhood? Whether you are growing giants, Jack O’Lanterns, or miniature Jack B. Little pumpkins, we’ve got plenty of tips and “how to grow” information. So, you can grow big and beautiful pumpkins that will be the envy of your neighbors and gardening friends.
Pumpkin Trivia: A pumpkin is a fruit. Most people think of it as a vegetable.
Preparing the Pumpkin Patch:
How to Improve Your Garden Soil – Grow the best plants for the biggest fruit.
Seed Starting Dates – Start seeds at the ideal planting time.
Pumpkin Calendar – Schedule and Timeline
Chronology – A timeline for growing giant pumpkins.
Site Selection – Pick the ideal location.
Preparing the Pumpkin Patch – Provide a rich, fertile planting site for your plants.
Soil Preparation – It’s very important because big pumpkins need rich and healthy soil.
Amendments and Mulch for Healthy Soil– It improves the quality of your soil.
Ideal Soil pH Level – so your pumpkins can reach their full potential
Fertilizers and Micro-nutrients
Garden Manure
Selecting Seeds / Seed Starting:
All About Seeds
Varieties of Pumpkin
Miniature Pumpkins
Pumpkin Seeds- Buying, Saving, Selection, Storage
Genetics – for giant growers
Germination and Seed Sprouting – because successful germination is step one
Seedling Care and Nurturing
Indoor or Outdoor Starts – for a fast and healthy start
Early Growth and Development:
Fueling Pumpkin Plant Growth
Planting and Transplanting Pumpkins, Early Season Care
Promoting Secondary Roots
Fertilizers
Foliar Feeding
Insects
Pests
Plant Disease Problems
Pruning Vines
Pollination and Fruit Set:
Pumpkin Pollination
Pumpkin Flowers
Pollination Sex and the single pumpkin
FAQS: Pollination Problems
Fruit Set
Naming Your Pumpkin
The Role of Phosphorous
Insecticides and Pollination
Fruit Growth:
About Pumpkin Fruit Growth and Development
Disease and Bacterias
Vine Care and Maintenance
Those Pesky Bugs
Fertilization
Protection– Sun, Wind, Hail
Water – pour it on…correctly.
Positioning of Fruit and Vine
Number of Pumpkins to Keep– Importantly, choose either more or bigger fruit.
Fruit Selection – for giant growers
Dill Rings – for giant pumpkin growers
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Giant Pumpkins – Every grower feels the urge to grow a giant pumpkin at least once in their lives. Those who try, often are hooked for life. The challenge of growing giant pumpkins is huge, the effort is huge, and yet the urge to do so is simply irresistible. Learn how to grow giant pumpkins now.
