This will be the first article of my gardening blog. I will document my gardening endeavors with progress, obstacles, tips, recipes, stories, ups and downs or just pretty pictures :-)
I love pumpkins
They are quite easy to grow and the harvest can be very rewarding. There are countless pumpkin cooking recipes for every taste.
In 2016, the harvest was exceptional. I could prepare a different pumpkin dish every day, but that's a story for another day. I collected the seeds, washed and dried them, and stored them in a paper bag for
resowing in the following years.
pumpkin seeds on newspaper, end of september 2016
Day 1
Upper Austria, Sunny 24 °C
The seeds I planted this year are almost 2 years old. To be safe, the plants will grow indoors and put outside after the last spring frost, in the beginning of May.
- I put the seeds in water over night to weaken the shell so the sprouting seed can break through easier.
- I planted pumpkin and also some water melon seeds (it's probably too cold for melons here, but I'll give it a try).
- I put soil from the garden in egg cartons and plant pots, put the seeds inside and covered them with soil.
pumpkin and melon seeds in water
soil in egg cartons
plant pots and egg cartons in glass annex...I'll remove the sheets later so the plants get more light
As a little experiment, because the weather is so warm and I'm an optimist, I planted some pumpkin seeds directly outside. Let's hope for no more frost this spring and may the snails have mercy on my pumpkins ;-)
I dug some holes in the compost pile and put 2-3 pumpkin seeds in each
big plant pot outdoors
...to be continued...
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There's a very helpful article if you need detailed information:
Pumpkins: Planting, Growing and Harvesting Pumpkin Plants | The Old Farmer's Almanac
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Don't forget decorating. Pumpkins always look so nice in the fall. I may do some this year myself. I have been doing battle with a possum he seems to like snacking on anything I try to grow.
I will be sure to check in and see how yours grow.
Yeah definitely, I like to use them for decoration too. I'll have to post some pretty pics from last year.
I'm glad we don't have possums here in Austria, good luck with the battle ;-)
You certainly do have a challenge to grow your pumpkins. I need to seriously try growing them.
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