Growing Pumpkin

Cucurbita sp. : Cucurbitaceae / the gourd family

Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
S	S	S	S
	T	T	T	T
	P	P	P	P

(Best months for growing Pumpkin in Australia - tropical regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

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 (can grow beside): Sweet Corn
Avoid growing close to: Potatoes

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08 Jan 19, Mike (Australia - temperate climate): Try growing them early in the planting season. Start seedlings in August Sept. Mulch around the plants and give a good watering twice a week. I don't grow things in summer too many problems. You probably have some disease or grubs. Do some research on the net.
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07 Jan 19, john colee (Australia - tropical climate): hi when do i plant kent pumpkins in townsville
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08 Jan 19, Mike (Australia - tropical climate): For pumpkin it says April to Jul - I would plant April May.
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26 Dec 18, (Australia - temperate climate): I am growing qld blue and have massed if vie but no flowers? Any clues??
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22 Dec 18, Nichole Stratton (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate): Can you eat them unripe if they have been picked too soon?
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29 Dec 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Will have little taste.
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20 Dec 18, Ernest (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Are south african pumpkin seeds safe to eat? If yes,is it all vatie ties? Thank you! !
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19 Dec 18, Gerard (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Is it safe to start growing butternut in January?
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12 Dec 18, Karen Cadle (New Zealand - temperate climate): My squash is growning like a trifford do I just let it grow or would it pay to pinch it out
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13 Dec 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate): You could do both depending on how many squash you have. I had a couple of cuies that had 3 flushes of cuies. If I nipped the vine I would have only had 18 cuies - in the end I had 48.
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I also have seeds germinating from my compost and have at times so much produce have taken great joy in giving them away and hearing about the joyous results. I am out most mornings 2 hours after sunrise when the male stamen is all fluffy with pollen and the female has ants crawling around inside. I pollinate myself by gently picking and trimming the male flower because if I leave it to mother nature my crop is very small. I usually use 2 or 3 male flowers on one female just in case. Recent rains have not been helpful for flowers at all but 1 week later flowers are appearing and just this morning I watched a bee laden with pollen flying from flower to flower. It was so laden it had trouble flying. I love mother nature she is the best for people like me.

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