I never grew pumpkin plants before on my balcony. This would be a fresh experience for me. I don't if I could make it happen to grow any pumpkin or not. But I'm looking forward to the best. Because my balcony has enough space and sunlight. So let's hope for the best.
I'm gonna share with you the growth of the plants and more.
Day 1: Just planted the seed like 18 hours before. I planted them in the same spinach pot.
I made really the soil first, put some organic fertilizer and then plant some pumpkin seeds. Didn't buy the seeds, they are from my vegetable. I keep some seeds apart to plant after.
Day 2: Growing so healthy.
Day 3: I uprooted the plant and re-plant them deep down so they can gain strength.
As I have said, I had no experience growing pumpkins so was not very hopeful. That's the reason I just throw some seeds to see what happen and it surprised me.
Day 4: Growing well.
Day 5: Pumpkin plant grows so fast, maybe I have to make room by planting them in another post.
Day 6: Dazzling in the sunlight.
Day 10: Clicked this in the morning.
I will plant them in a bigger pot in a few days because they need more room. I will share the update soon.
One thing I forget to mention about my fertilizer tips. What I do is very simple.
I put two banana skins in a bowl of water. Leave them for the whole night. Then pour the water proportionately into all of my plants. I usually do this every other week. Also, adding some eggshells, leftover tea occasionally helps.
I'm so happy and blessed to see a green spot on my balcony. I'm not looking forward to having a huge pumpkin. Only seeing the everyday growth makes me so happy. It's enough for me.
Have a good day, everyone.
I have to remember to also save those used teabags as fertilizer for our plants.
And yes, pumpkins grow fast and so easy. Before you know it you'll have a shrub/bush because of the pumpkin plants. My parents also used to grow them and they took a lot of space in their garden.
That's why I'm a little worried, not sure how much space I can manage to give them. Let's see.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Have a great day.
Talked to my dad today and seems they also started planting pumpkins again 😅. He was like "yeah they too much space, but as everything's getting expensive I started growing them again".
Beautiful and looks fresh.
I have this plant growing in my garden. Here in my country, Nigeria, Pumpkin leaf is known as Ugu in the Eastern part of the country.
Its amazing the way this plant grows so fast and spread. Oh yes, they spread a lot.
Right now, i can imagine using this leaf to make a good tasty meal 😋😂
Good to know that.
Hope to share some delicious recipes with the leaves soon 😁😁
Wow! They look so good and healthy.. Also, thanks for the fertilizer tip, I had no idea banana skin, eggshells and leftover tea works on plants.. My mind is literally blown away.
We learn something new everyday 😁😁