Pumpkin patch practices and gourd garden grooming.
By danw
#46731
Planted my pumpkin seed today...Big Moon...Howdon biggy...Cinderella...inside my sun porch that is. Living dangerously this year..going to cross pollinate these types
By danw
#48524
danw wrote:Planted my pumpkin seed today...Big Moon...Howdon biggy...Cinderella...inside my sun porch that is. Living dangerously this year..going to cross pollinate these types
It was a cool wet spring here in the Rocky Mountains. All the gardeners were worried things would not grow as needed. Yet the past month has seen temps consistently in the 90' F range, with an abundance of rain. All of the youngsters I give pumpkins to were saying, "Mr. Dan...were not going to have pumpkins this year, are we?" Always a optimist. I simply smiled, and said," we'll see." Indeed the warm nights and days have started the magic! I have good solid crosses between three types of pumpkins. They put on an inch of girth each night....