![]() Side-dress with aged manure or compost mixed with water. When plants are about 1 foot tall, just before vines begin to run, fertilize regularly with a high-nitrogen formula. Small vine varieties can be trained to grow up a trellis. Larger varieties can be trained upward, too, to support the fruit, usually with netting or old stockings.Side-dress with aged manure or compost mixed with water.Also, take care not to damage the delicate vines the quality of the fruit depends on them. Weed gently pumpkins have shallow roots that can be easily damaged. ![]() Add mulch around your pumpkins to retain moisture, suppress weeds, and discourage pests.Avoid watering foliage and fruit unless it’s a sunny day. Pumpkins need 1 inch of water per week. Water deeply, in the morning and on very hot afternoons, especially during fruit set.Or, grow colorful flowers near the patch. To attract more bees, try placing a bee house in your garden. If you must use it, apply only in the late afternoon or early evening, when blossoms are closed for the day. Bees are essential for pollination, so be mindful when using insecticides to kill bugs or fungicides to control fungus.However, remember to remove covers before flowering to allow pollination. Use row covers to protect plants early in the season and to prevent insect problems.In this video, Ben shows us his method for growing pumpkins! Rows should be 6 to 8 feet apart, with seedlings thinned to the best plant every 2 feet when they have their first true leaves. Plant miniature varieties one inch deep, with two or three seeds every 2 feet in the row. When seedlings are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin to two or three plants per hill by snipping out unwanted plants. In hills, set seeds 1 inch deep with 4 or 5 seeds per hill.Once seedlings are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin to one plant every 18 to 36 inches. ![]()
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