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pumpkin Pumpkin Cucurbita spp.

How to sow pumpkin: Direct seed indoors (and transplant outside after seedlings are hardened off) or outdoors

Sun requirement for pumpkin: Plant in Full Sun

Pumpkin has been planted 30 times by Growstuff members.

Pumpkins are squash cultivars that are round to oval in shape with thick, slightly ribbed skin that varies from deep yellow to orange in color. Their flesh ranges from yellow to gold and has large seeds. Like other members of the Cucurbitaceae family, they grow on sprawling vines. Different varieties of pumpkins are grown for food or decoration.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

21 weeks

First harvest expected

21 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

22 weeks after planting

Photos

Pumpkin crops

Pumpkin plantings

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Pumpkin harvests

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and i grew a pumpkin
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Sunniness

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Planted from

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Harvested for

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Varieties

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butternut squash

Cucurbita moschata
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crown pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo
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kamokamo

Cucurbita pepo

Crop Map

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What people are saying about pumpkins

time to compost

by shiny,

If you grow a pumpkin underneath your corn then now's a good time to shovel on some extra compost, or add fertilizer. Both these plants really like lots of fertilizer.

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How to save seeds

by shiny,

Beans, peas and corn: remove husks and allow seeds to dry out – this may take a couple of weeks, then remove casings and store.

Pumpkins and melons: seeds need to be washed and set aside to dry for a week or so befor…

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Wanted (Australia): potimarron seeds

by Skud,

Potimarron is a small (1-2kg) pumpkin/squash that will grow up a trellis. It's available from Diggers but before I make an order for just one packet of seeds I was wondering whether anyone in Australia had any …

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Another week, another heap of things planted

by Skud,

I really should've got started on winter planting sooner, I think. Everything in the garden is in a lull right now. Although people near me are still blogging about the last of their crops from summer, all we have still going are some chillis and some basil. Lots of things died…

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