Planting pumpkins?

Question

Does anyone know how to plant pumpkins and when to plant and how long till they grow to full size?? etc.

I need any info I can get. Thanks :)

Answer 1

When?  Just in the spring time, cuz pumpkin afraid of frost, therefore when the last frost gone, it would be best season for pumpkin.  You could germinate the seed indoor during spring time, then plant out when the frost gone.

By the end of the fall, the pumpkin will get the full size, but it all depends how much water and furtilizer, and how furtile your soil you prepared,  Also you need to do prick out the male flowers and snip off the end of vine to develope more branches and female flowers to get more crops.

BTW, you need put some straw beneathe the female flowers once the pumpkins develope to avoid your pumpkin got moles on the buttom of it.

Also they need be plant an open land with a lot of sunshine.

Answer 2

you should have started seeds in the spring indoors.. but if you can find the smaller plants then you can add them to the ground now... make sure you have plenty of room and something for them to climb on or they will climb around the ground. you have to move the branches as they grow or they will root into the ground...mine are doing very well in direct sunlight and i have a tomato plant cage for them to climb on... dont let them  get to dry.. give plenty of water.. you should start to see the small pumpkins under the flowers.. it will be like a small ball... i hope this helps!

Answer 3

This totally depends on your agricultural growing zone....Here in Florida right now is the time to plant a second crop of faster maturing varieties..Go a 100 miles north of us..and it's too late for a second crop..so what is your growing zone?

Answer 4

Sow direct. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.

Best planted at soil temperatures between 20°C and 32°C.

If you live in Australia the best time to plant is October through to December.

They need 90 to 120 frost-free days to reach maturity

Answer 5

It is best to start them indoors in seed planters in the spring about 3 weeks before the last spring frost. Once all fear of frost has past, you can transpant them into the ground. Pumpkins require a lot of space as the vines will spread out. There are different types of pumpkins too. Pie varietes and carving varieties. Pie varieties  are smaller and can be harvested within 70 -90 days where as Jack -O-Lanterns take 90-120 days depending on the variety.