Success Growing Backyard Pumpkins - five tips

[Kueck10893]

Good choice of music! Scott's a new bluegrass favorite of mine.

[xoxSandyxox1976]

Thanks for the great info! But how do we get the bees for pollenating?

[dave4854]

I don't think pumpkins cross breed til the second year and that's if you use the seeds out of the squash or pumpkins that were grown side by side.

[ytbluegrass]

@polarcupcheck

I have found that when the soil is compacted, the pants remain small, do not flower well, and have trouble producing pumpkins of any size. Leaves tend to turn yellow as the season progresses anyway (at least for me).

It may help to dig down into the bottom of your container (assuming it is an open-bottom planter) and use a spading fork to break up the soil and allow for better water penetration. We also tried burying sections of the plant as it grew across the planting bed.

[ytbluegrass]

@halo3rocks..from our experience, and my research, you will have healthier & larger plants if you grow them in raised beds with loose soil. I'm talking about a backyard garden here. If you have a large area that is well amended & has loose soil then go ahead and plant your pumpkins there. Our backyard is full of clay soil which is tight and does not contain much organic matter. After we built our raised beds our pumpkins, and all of our veggies do very well. Good luck!

[Polarcupcheck]

@ytbluegrass What has happened when the soil was too compact? Did the leaves yellow?

I've tried to grow them in large containers, and some containers developed mud at the bottom, and my plants yellowed and died. Heavy rain that year. However, I wonder if the soil was too compact as well. Because I used Jungle Growth (a fairly loose potting mixture), and achieved my best results, even though a fungus killed it.

[lemkelegion]

IM GONNA GROWN PUMPKINS IN JULY

[halo3rocks100123]

do i have to make beds? can i just use normal soil?

[goldss123]

thinks for the video

[didy57]

Lovely video Trevor and family - thanks. I'm impressed by your enthusiasm and knowledge. I'm planting my first pumpkin patch and I'm 53! I didn't know you could get white pumpkins until I saw your video. Happy gardening!

Cheers

Dianne - Far North Queensland Australia

[Pbarrr4]

Ooops. Huge mistake on my part. I planted my pumpkins in the front yard. Well, there's always next year. Cute and informative video : )

[creecaligirl]

best pumpkin video evar! good job!

[ytbluegrass]

@creecaligirl Thanks. We are getting ready to plant pumpkins again this year. Hopefully we will do a video on planting pumpkins.

[napalmbomb1024]

Great job!!!



[grrlogin]

Thank you! Just what i was looking for to learn how to grow pumpkins :)

[soxnes]

just remember that pumpkins cross breed real easyily so dont put differenct squash in unless u want to have some mix breed great video though

[Clepto202]

@soxnes will zuccuini (squash) cross breed with pumkins

[soxnes]

@Clepto202 I do not beleive so we'll find out because i put zuccuini with pumpkins but i dont beleive so.

[Clepto202]

@soxnes yeah I guess I will see too, cause I'v decided to just leave them in there maybe I'll have some kind of Zuccumkin. hahaah 

[soxnes]

@Clepto202 hahaah that would be quiet interesting

[ytbluegrass]

@soxnes We're just happy to have pumpkins growing! A little cross-breeding would be ok. We're not growing them for competition, mostly for Halloween.

[soxnes]

@ytbluegrass ya im glad my pumpkins are up to cause it is poor soil that i have where i planted them

[quaxk]

cute

[defaultedangel07]

You guys are so cute. I'm growing my first pumpkin this year, thanks for the tips :-)

[rosuabsc]

Hi, Great video kids... at the end you said you used something, I couldn't understand what you said. Sounded like bf something.

[ytbluegrass]

@rosuabsc VF-11

[didy57]

@rosuabsc - must be a liquid fertiliser in USA.

[sind55]

wow! cool white pumkin!!! :D:D:D

[toddhoustein]

Nice work guys! Do you trim the vines, or just let them grow?

[ytbluegrass]

@toddhoustein We do trim them back a bit.

[chabling42]

this videos cool

[chickenbreeder4]

back.......yard

[freedomintheus]

Thank you for the walk in your pumpkin patch.. Great video. My pumpkin leaves have white spots on them. The vines and flowers are fine. Any advise?

Thanks....Good Luck! Keep the critters away...A SCARECROW works great!!!

[3laa2zaher]

me too why ?

[ytbluegrass]

@freedomintheus The white spots seem to be worse some years than others. It's called powdery mildew. We haven't found anything to completely get rid of it. I've heard there is a product called MILSTOP that may work.

[Polarcupcheck]

@freedomintheus Those white spots killed my best shot at a pumpkin.

[ilikealicia]

great job on the video, dude!  we just planted seeds for our kids this weekend. wish us luck!

[jklcksmth1991bo]

hey , thanks dude for the info ,..........trying my ''backyard pumpkin patch'', best video yet

[strawberrykisses34]

that is a great pumpkin patch!!!

[destroyahdes]

This is really cute and funny.  I enjoyed watching this.

[gunshyne]

Thank you. I did the same thing..trying a few plants for the kids. The only one that had fruit was a lumina....he is in the process of growing.

Now I know why my others failed miserably. But next year i will be sure to do what your video says...actually it is one of the best online videos I have seen about pumpkins after they are vines.