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Growing Pumpkin

(Cucurbita sp.)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  S S   P              

(Best months for planting Pumpkin in USA - Zone 5a regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays. P = Plant direct in garden where they are to grow.


  • Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 68°F and 90°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 35 - 47 inches apart
  • Harvest in 15-20 weeks.
  • Compatible with: Sweet Corn
  • Avoid growing with: Potatoes
  • Pumpkin on vine

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11 Mar 13, Allan (Australia - temperate climate)
We live at Ballarat, Vic. How long do QLD Grey pumpkins take to flower after planting? We have heaps of vines but no sign of flowers.
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26 Mar 13, Blair (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Allan I am for Colac and have found that the large pumpkins (QLD Gery and Jarrahdale) need to be pollinated and set fruit before the hot summer kicks in otherwise the pumpkin doesn't ripen to it's full flavour.
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05 Mar 13, Roy Zappia (Australia - temperate climate)
when to plant seed for Halloween pumpkins THANK YOU
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28 Feb 13, denise edwards (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
you'll see the vines dry and the stalks on the pumpkins shrivel also. leave the stalk on the pumpkin, for storing and to prevent rotting. put somewhere cool
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26 Feb 13, Gail (Australia - temperate climate)
I planted pumpkin December and although it has gone mad and looks very healthy, it has not produced a single flower. Is it a soil issue or am I doing something else wrong?
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13 Feb 13, Don Phillips (Australia - temperate climate)
I have Queensland Blue pumkin, how do you tell when it is ready to pick?
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09 Feb 13, Bernie McCarthy (Australia - temperate climate)
Lots of male flowers and female flowers only show up on the vine when most male flowers are dead. Whats the go?
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08 Feb 13, Laurie Thompson (Australia - temperate climate)
Brenden I grow my Betternut along a brush fence . I secure the runners every metre and hang the fruit in the bum section of Pantyhose . Do not have any problems . Laurie Melbourne
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07 Feb 13, Laurie Thompson (Australia - temperate climate)
Karen did you have any success with Windsor Black Pumpkin . Sylvia Allen says she has them .
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03 Feb 13, LeanneMacLeod (Australia - temperate climate)
We have some Queenland Grey pumpkins growing and wonder wether we need to lift the maturing pumpkins up off the ground to avoid them rotting. We are in Emerald Victoria
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I notice that a lot of growers say that when a pumpkin sounds hollow, it is ready to pick; I have heard that you are supposed to leave them until the vi ne is dead; is this also true?

- judy farrelly


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