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Post by Peter on Apr 4, 2006 15:17:57 GMT 7
The best thing about growing pumpkins is that they are so easy to grow! When we eat one, I just get the seeds and through them where ever in the garden I want them to grow! Look at the ones I grew this year!
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Post by Silvercloud on Apr 4, 2006 17:40:40 GMT 7
Cool, pumpkins are so easy to grow and yummy .
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Post by Sparkles on Apr 4, 2006 19:54:56 GMT 7
So cool - I am going to grow some!! I have celery, brocolli, chillies and cherry tomatoes happening at the moment
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Post by Amanda on Apr 5, 2006 6:00:34 GMT 7
Alrighty then Mr Green thumb, we had a pumpkin spring up cause the chooks missed some seeds. Anyway, it did flower and it would get small pumpkins on it the biggest was a tennis ball and then they'd die. We had it for months and it took over half our backyard, it didn't produce for months so we got sick of it and mowed over it LOL. It was a Jap pumpkin, why didn't it produce???
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Post by Natenla on Apr 5, 2006 7:47:04 GMT 7
I am withyou hre Amanda, I cant seem to grow pumpkins for some reason. Everything else did well in my vege garden, but not pumpkins! At the moment I have nothing as we have very strict water restrictions and it is so dry nothing would grow anyway!
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Post by Jess on Apr 5, 2006 14:10:11 GMT 7
we used to grow pumpkin a few years back. Out of all the different types i found the japanese pumpkins were the hardest to grow. im not sure if it had something to do with how much water and food it was given. Perhaps try with some of the other types eg: butternuts for starters, they seem to take a little better. one trick you can try is to soak the seeds the night before you plant them. This apparently softens the outer shell and makes it a bit easier to sprout - tho i wouldnt worry too much if u dont do it! They are a warm season crop so its best to plant in spring after the frost of winter is gone. hope this sorta helps! This season we planted corn, cucumber, rockmelon & watermelon in our garden. We also have fig, mulberry, lemon & olive trees.
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Post by Silvercloud on Apr 5, 2006 15:15:00 GMT 7
It might have something to do with pollination. They get male and female flowers but if they both aren't flowering at the same time you don't get pollination. You will still get small fruit but then it dies.
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Post by Natenla on Apr 6, 2006 8:50:19 GMT 7
I havent even had the plant grow big enough to get flowers!! LOL. I tried to grow gourdes (for craft) as well with no luck!!
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Post by Jess on Apr 6, 2006 9:45:14 GMT 7
maybe theres something lacking in ur soil? a nutrient of some sort. I know there is tests u can do to find out what. Theres fertilisers that can replace whats missing and even better u can try crop rotation. If this is the problem nat then u can try growing something that replenishes what is missing. We rotate what we grow because different plants suck out different nutrients and others put back what they need. Fertiliser always helps tho! If thats what is the problem...
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Post by Silvercloud on Apr 6, 2006 9:45:38 GMT 7
Are they growing in full sun? Also snails and slugs love to eat them so a thick ring of sawdust around your pumpkin patch will keep them away and also stop any other critters from being poisoned by pellets.
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