Rare Heirloom Perennial Native American Hanging Pumpkin Stores Up to a Year

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a green market in South Florida to learn about the Rare Native American Seminole Pumpkin. In this video you will learn about this Perennial Pumpkin that can grow year round in Florida. After watching this video you will learn how just a dozen plants produced over 300 pumpkins in just 13 months.

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[Miluielenath]

Was anyone wondering what John was thinking when Trish said she picked them green!?

[growingyourgreens]

You know me too well.  She said they ripen off the plant if picked green... and one of them looked like they were.. She also leaves a long section of the stem attached.. that being said, I always encourage everyone to vine-ripen their fruits.. That being said, squash like cucumbers are curbits. and technically they CAN be ready whenever YOU want them to be.. in fact when I start growing edible gourds, you really HAVE to pick them young so you can eat them raw

[ChrisGrowingOrganic]

I hope we can grow that here. your gunna have to send me some seeds if we can :D Wonder if rareseeds com has them?

[growingyourgreens]

You can order these seeds from trish, as mentioned in the video. Im sure her seeds are fresh and the true seminole pumpkins as shown in this video.. and she proably will charge you less shipping and handling than rareseeds

[Uriel1816]

A question came up on where theses Seminole pumpkins can be grown? Can they be grown in the northern United States or Canada?

[growingyourgreens]

Yes they can be grown anywhere that normal pumpkins grow. That being said, in your climate they may be an annual crop than perennial. (grow it when you plant your tomatoes) Trish did tell me that they did have some cold days here, and the vine survived but with excessive cold, It probably wont make it.. But I dont know for sure.. I plan on filming a video update next year after I grow them.

[bogipepper]

A storeable subtropical vegetable was nearly lost to an effort to impliment genocide. Thank you Trish Herrera. herreratrish@aol.com is my next stop.

[bogipepper]

Posted 17 months ago but discovered by me today, You Tube might catch on soon even though it just celebrated it's 8th birthday this week. Back to my claiming rights, I claim the discovery of the Seminole Pumpkin in the name of beer drinkers from Bradenton Florida,long live the DRAFT BEER . Surrender your seeds and we will lay down our Drafts ( for a moment ), manifest destiny was so cool for the takers. Before a lucid moment happens, Thank You John

[Caroline Baines]

Did you have any success growing these?

[niamh2739]

that may be helpful to us south floridians. I would love to know how to make the sandy ground that is most of our back yards ..for those that have back yards...how to get it to keep a plant alive. How long can we keep trees like lemon, lime, orange, peach, mango etc... in a pot before it needs to be put in the ground?

[niamh2739]

have a small request. Would you mind doing a video or mini series on just Florida Perennials? Maby Just go over the stuff that is native to here and grows prolifically. Alot of SoFloridians also live in very small spaces like apartments whith extremely small balconies or pattios. Maby some ideas on that and how to keep the plants from getting sun burned / eaten by the local wild life while on a balcony or pattio. What to do when we get HURRICAINS which we tend to get often. And any other thing

[niamh2739]

you should check it out the next time you are down here in So Flo. I am originally from Miami but have not been to an out door " green market" there. I did pick strawberries as a kid at a local field which then turned into tomatoes...yuck! lol Anywho I remember as a kid a buch of local houses would have stands where they would sell their extra mangos, avocados and juice/ sell their sugar cane : ) Most of those places are gone now : ( If you hear of any good stuff please let me know. I also

[niamh2739]

Hey john how are you? I am so glad when I see videos of you doing stuff in my neck of the tropics especially like in this video you where literally like minutes from my place : ) The PBG green market continues to grow and keeps getting bigger and bigger every time I pop in on the sundays that I can. West Palm has their green market on sat mornings so does Fort Pierce. I have to check out to see if and when the lake worth market operates. Down town lake ave (art district) is pretty cool too.

[niamh2739]

So should I let them vine ripen or what? lol

[Skylightatdusk]

John, have you started the Seminole hanging pumpkin in your garden? Please make a post about that. Looking forward to see how it is growing on.

[Skylightatdusk]

Looking forward to your video. Trust that you have already planted the seeds!?